So we concluded it must be a call for help and I came with the troop that you see here.

We lost the direction once or twice, but the bell called us back." "For that," said Bowie, "you have to thank this boy here, a boy in years only, a man in action, and two men in mind and courage.

This is Ned Fulton, Colonel Fannin." Ned blushed and expostulated, but Bowie took nothing back.

Fannin looked about him curiously.
"You seem to have had something of a fight here," he said.

"Down in the grass and weeds we saw several Comanches who will trouble no more." "We had all we wanted," said Bowie, "and we shall be glad to ride at once with you to camp.