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CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. 1 David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: David Crockett: His Life and Adventures Author: John S. C. Abbott Posting Date: August 1, 2009 [EBook #4355] Release Date: August, 2003 First Posted: January 14, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAVID CROCKETT: LIFE, ADVENTURES *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DAVID CROCKETT: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT ILLUSTRATED. PREFACE. David Crockett certainly was not a model man. But he was a representative man. He was conspicuously one of a very numerous class, still existing, and which has heretofore exerted a very powerful influence over this republic. As such, his wild and wondrous life is worthy of the study of every patriot. Of this class, their modes of life and habits of thought, the majority of our citizens know as little as they do of the manners and customs of the Comanche Indians. No man can make his name known to the forty millions of this great and busy republic who has not something very remarkable in his character or his career. But there is probably not an adult American, in all these widespread States, who has not heard of David Crockett. His life is a veritable romance, with the additional charm of unquestionable truth. It opens to the reader scenes in the lives of the lowly, and a state of semi-civilization, of which but few of them can have the faintest idea. It has not been my object, in this narrative, to defend Colonel Crockett or to condemn him, but to present his peculiar character exactly as it was. I have therefore been constrained to insert some things which I would gladly have omitted. David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by 2 JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. FAIR HAVEN, CONN. CONTENTS David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by 3 CHAPTER I. Parentage and Childhood. The Emigrant Crossing the Alleghanies The Boundless Wilderness The Hut on the Holston Life's Necessaries The Massacre Birth of David Crockett Peril of the Boys Anecdote Removal to Greenville; to Cove Creek Increased Emigration Loss of the Mill The Tavern Engagement with the Drover Adventures in the Wilderness Virtual Captivity The Escape The Return The Runaway New Adventures. . . . 7 CHAPTER I. 4 CHAPTER II. Youthful Adventures. David at Gerardstown Trip to Baltimore Anecdotes He ships for London Disappointment Defrauded of his Wages Escapes New Adventures Crossing the River Returns Home His Reception A Farm Laborer Generosity to his Father Love Adventure The Wreck of his Hopes His School Education Second Love adventure Bitter Disappointment Life in the Backwoods Third Love Adventure. . . . 35 CHAPTER II. 5 CHAPTER III. Marriage and Settlement. Rustic Courtship The Rival Lover Romantic Incident. The Purchase of a Horse The Wedding Singular Ceremonies The Termagant Bridal Days They commence Housekeeping The Bridal mansion and Outfit Family Possessions The Removal to Central Tennessee Mode of Transportation The New Income and its Surroundings Busy Idleness The Third Move The Massacre at Fort Mimms. . . . 54 CHAPTER III. 6 CHAPTER IV. The Soldier Life. War with the Creeks Patriotism of Crockett Remonstrances of his Wife Enlistment The Rendezvous Adventure of the Scouts Friendly Indians, A March through the Forest Picturesque Scene The Midnight Alarm March by Moonlight Chagrin of Crockett Advance into Alabama War's Desolations Indian Stoicism Anecdotes of Andrew Jackson Battles, Carnage, and Woe. . . . 93 CHAPTER IV. 7 CHAPTER V. Indian Warfare. The Army at Fort Strother Crockett's Regiment Crockett at Home His Reenlistment Jackson Surprised Military Ability of the Indians Humiliation of the Creeks March to Florida Affairs at Pensacola Capture of the City Characteristics of Crockett The Weary March, Inglorious Expedition Murder of Two Indians Adventures at the Island The Continued March Severe Sufferings Charge upon the Uninhabited Village. . . . 124 CHAPTER V. 8 CHAPTER VI. The Camp and the Cabin. Deplorable Condition of the Army Its wanderings Crockett's Benevolence Cruel Treatment of the Indians A Gleam of Good Luck The Joyful Feast Crockett's Trade with the Indian Visit to the Old Battlefield Bold Adventure of Crockett His Arrival Home Death of his Wife Second Marriage Restlessness Exploring Tour Wild Adventures Dangerous Sickness Removal to the West His New Home. . . . 155 CHAPTER VI. 9 CHAPTER VII. The Justice of Peace and the Legislator. Vagabondage Measures of Protection Measures of Government Crockett's Confession A Candidate for Military Honors Curious Display of Moral Courage The Squirrel Hunt A Candidate for the Legislature Characteristic Electioneering Specimens of his Eloquence Great Pecuniary Calamity Expedition to the Far West Wild Adventures The Midnight Carouse A Cabin Reared. . . . 183 CHAPTER VII. 10 [...]... dollars He told David that if he would work for Mr Wilson until his wages paid that sum, he would then release him from all his obligations to his father, and his son might go free It was a shrewd bargain for the old man, for he had already learned that David was abundantly capable of taking care of himself, and that he would come and go when and where he pleased The boy, weary of his wanderings, consented... with his work, and offered to pay him with his father's note of forty dollars for six months' labor on his farm David knew full well how ready his father was to give his note, and how slow he was to pay it He was fully aware that the note was not worth, to him, the paper upon which it was written But he reflected that the note was an obligation upon his father, that he was very poor, and his lot in life. .. articles in his wagon, and that he intended to repay the boy as soon as they got back to Tennessee This settled the question, and David returned with Henry Myers to his wagon, and accompanied him for several days on his slow and toilsome journey westward The impatient boy, as once before, soon got weary of the loitering pace of the heavily laden team, and concluded to leave his friend and press forward... rise of land Every man who built a cabin and raised a crop of grain, however small, was entitled to four hundred acres of land, and a preemption right to one thousand more adjoining, to be secured by a land-office warrant In this lonely home, Mr Crockett, with his wife and children, dwelt for some months, perhaps years we know not how long One night, the awful yell of the savage was heard, and a band of... it out David soon perceived that his movements were watched, and that he was not his own master to go or stay as he pleased This increased his restlessness Four or five weeks thus passed away, when, one morning, three wagons laden with merchandise came along, bound to Knoxville They were driven by an old man by the name of Dugan, and his two stalwart sons They had traversed the road before, and David. .. Myers loaded his team for Tennessee, and with his reluctant boy set out on his long journey David was exceedingly restless He now hated the man who was so tyranically domineering over him He had no desire to return to his home, and he dreaded the hickory stick with which he feared his brutal father would assail him One dark night, an hour or two before the morning, David carefully took his little bundle... handkerchief with a ramrod in at the bullet-hole, and draw it through his body He recovered from the wound CHAPTER I 20 Such a man as John Crockett forms no local attachments, and never remains long in one place Probably some one came to his region and offered him a few dollars for his improvements He abandoned his cabin, with its growing neighborhood, and packing his few household goods upon one or two horses,... receiving any pay His employer then failed, broke up, and left the country Again this poor boy, thus the sport of fortune, found himself without a penny, with but few clothes, and those much worn But it was not his nature to lay anything very deeply to heart He laughed at misfortune, and pressed on singing and whistling through all storms He had a stout pair of hands, good nature, and adaptation to... the morning; and that if he could get to them before daylight, he might follow their wagons It was Sunday morning, and it so happened that the Dutchman and the family had gone away on a visit David collected his clothes and the little money he had, and hid them in a bundle under his bed A very small bundle held them all The family returned, and, suspecting nothing, all retired to sleep David had naturally... stick, and of his father's brawny arm, decided the question With his friend Myers he pressed on, farther and farther from home, to Gerardstown CHAPTER II 25 CHAPTER II Youthful Adventures David at Gerardstown. Trip to Baltimore. Anecdotes. He ships for London. Disappointment. Defrauded of his Wages. Escapes. New Adventures. Crossing the River. Returns Home. His Reception. A Farm Laborer. Generosity to his . would gladly have omitted. David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by 2 JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. FAIR HAVEN, CONN. CONTENTS David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by 3 CHAPTER I. Parentage and Childhood. The. OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAVID CROCKETT: LIFE, ADVENTURES *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DAVID CROCKETT: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES BY JOHN. X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. 1 David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.