WITH SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS _The American Trail Blazers_ “THE STORY GRIPS AND THE HISTORY STICKS” These books present in the form of vivid and fascinating fiction, the early and adventurous phases of American history. Each volume deals with the life and adventures of one of the great men who made that history, or with some one great event in which, perhaps, several heroic characters were involved. The stories, though based upon accurate historical fact, are rich in color, full of dramatic action, and appeal to the imagination of the red-blooded man or boy. Each volume illustrated in color and black and white. INTO MEXICO WITH GENERAL SCOTT LOST WITH LIEUTENANT PIKE GENERAL CROOK AND THE FIGHTING APACHES OPENING THE WEST WITH LEWIS AND CLARK WITH CARSON AND FRÉMONT DANIEL BOONE: BACKWOODSMAN BUFFALO BILL AND THE OVERLAND TRAIL CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH DAVID CROCKETT: SCOUT ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER GOLD SEEKERS OF ’49 WITH SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON INTO THE WILDERNESS IN THE RANKS OF OLD HICKORY [Illustration: AND AMIDST A GENERAL CRY, OVER SHE WENT] WITH SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS A BOY VOLUNTEER IN THE TEXAS STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE, WHEN IN THE YEARS 1835–1836 THE TEXAS COLONISTS THREW OFF THE UNJUST RULE OF MEXICO, AND BY HEROIC DEEDS ESTABLISHED, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE BLUFF SAM HOUSTON, THEIR OWN FREE REPUBLIC WHICH TO-DAY IS THE GREAT LONE STAR STATE BY EDWIN L. SABIN AUTHOR OF “ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER,” “BUFFALO BILL AND THE OVERLAND TRAIL,” ETC. _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_ CHARLES H. STEPHENS _PORTRAIT AND MAPS_ [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY SEVENTH IMPRESSION PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM AND ITS STARS IN THE AMERICAN FLAG When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air. She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. ――DRAKE FOREWORD