=Study Questions.= _1._ What was peculiar in Houston's early life? _2._ What had he done before he began to study law? _3._ What made people like him? _4._ Where was the battle of Horseshoe Bend fought? _5._ How did the Cherokee chief welcome him? _6._ Why did Houston go back to Tennessee? _7._ What drew him to Texas? _8._ What were the first bad defeats of the Texans? _9._ Tell the story of San Jacinto. _10._ What kind of a general, a president, and a senator did Houston make? _11._ Where did Crockett spend his boyhood, and what fame did he gain? _12._ How did he win his way to the legislature? _13._ What made Crockett go back to the wilderness? _14._ Describe the fight at the Alamo. _15._ Who was John Charles Fremont? _16._ What of his youthful days? _17._ What experience in early days after college prepared him for his great work? _18._ Who was Kit Carson? _19._ Describe Fremont's journey to the South Pass. _20._ Tell what was seen and what was done there. _21._ What expedition did he now plan? _22._ Picture the scene on the discovery of the Great Salt Lake. _23._ Picture his exploration of the Great Basin and crossing the mountains. _24._ What was the contrast at Sutter's Fort? _25._ Describe the Digger Indians. _26._ At what was Fremont's third expedition aimed, and what did it really accomplish? _27._ Who was St. Francis? _28._ Describe Serra's arrival at San Diego. _29._ Why did he build a mission at San Diego? _30._ Describe life at a Spanish mission. _31._ What happened when Spanish rule was ended in California? =Suggested Readings.= HOUSTON: Bruce, _Life of General Houston_. DAVID CROCKETT: Crockett, _Life of Davy Crockett_; Lodge and Roosevelt, _Hero Tales from American History_, 171-181. FREMONT: Bigelow, _Life of John Charles Fremont_, 1-216, 319-373, 379-466. THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD HENRY CLAY, THE FOUNDER OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE GREAT PACIFICATOR =150. The Rise of Henry Clay.= Henry Clay was born in Virginia in the year of Burgoyne's surrender (1777). His father was a Baptist preacher, with a fine voice and a graceful way of speaking. He died when Henry was four years old. [Sidenote: =The "Mill boy of the Slashes"=] Little Henry lived near the "Slashes," the name given to a low, flat region, and went to school in a log cabin. When not at school he worked on the farm, helping to do his share in support of the family. He could be seen walking barefooted behind the plow, or riding the horse with a rope bridle to mill. From this he was called the "Mill boy of the Slashes." [Sidenote: =Read books when other boys played=] Henry was a raw-boned and awkward lad. The other boys laughed at him, but he read books when not at work, and soon could speak far better than the boys who made fun of him.