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Of the boys in this book, James Monroe Hill, Leo Roark, and Sion Bostick appear in Texas history under these very names. Without doubt they had a friend and comrade like Ernest Merrill; many boys marched and fought beside the men in the Texas struggle for independence from Mexico. Names amount to very little, anyway; they simply are convenient. It is deeds that count.

Edwin L. Sabin

California, June 1, 1916

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PAGEFrontispieceGeneral Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto13Ernest Barely Drew Reign to Shout at a Figure in the Doorway: “Gonzales Attacked! They need Men”84Down Sank the Last Cannoneer143“Here We Go!” Called Jim. “Hoist Him In, Quick”186Texas in 1835–1836 and March of the Two Armies Eastward to San Jacinto262Battle Ground of San Jacinto290“Why,” Roared the General, “You are the Government, Yourself, You are Dictator”304

Courtesy Harper & Bros.

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO

From a painting by the Texan artist S. Seymour, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1898