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  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE HOME ON THE FRONTIER 11

  II. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DEER 19

  III. A QUARREL AND ITS RESULT 28

  IV. SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDIANS IN TEXAS 36

  V. THE ATTACK ON THE RANCH 44

  VI. POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT 53

  VII. IN AND OUT OF THE BURNING CABIN 62

  VIII. AN UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT 71

  IX. BIG FOOT AND THE MISSING PAPERS 81

  X. THE SITUATION IN MEXICO 89

  XI. THE OPENING OF THE WAR 97

  XII. THE MARCH ON SAN ANTONIO 105

  XIII. A FIGHT WITH A PUMA 113

  XIV. THE BATTLE OF CONCEPCION 121

  XV. DAN TURNS THE TABLES 129

  XVI. AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG 137

  XVII. THE GRASS FIGHT, AND WHAT FOLLOWED 145

  XVIII. DAN COMES TO GRIEF 154

  XIX. THE CAVE IN THE RAVINE 161

  XX. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT 169

  XXI. WHAT HAPPENED TO RALPH 177

  XXII. THE ATTACK ON SAN ANTONIO 185

  XXIII. THE SURRENDER OF THE CITY 194

  XXIV. A MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY 204

  XXV. MARCH OF SANTA ANNA INTO TEXAS 212

  XXVI. WILD TURKEYS AND ANOTHER TRAIL 223

  XXVII. THE MEXICAN ARMY AT SAN ANTONIO 233

  XXVIII. WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MISSION 242

  XXIX. THE FALL OF THE ALAMO 250

  XXX. ESCAPING TO THE RIVER 257

  XXXI. SOMETHING ABOUT GENERAL SAM HOUSTON 265

  XXXII. IN WHICH THE TEXAN ARMY FALLS BACK 274

  XXXIII. THE VICTORY OF SAN JACINTO 283

  XXXIV. BACK TO THE RANCH--CONCLUSION 293