David Crockett: His Life and Adventures

Chapter 11

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The Disappointed Politician.--Off for Texas.

Triumphal Return.--Home Charms Vanish.--Loses His Election.--Bitter Disappointment.--Crockett's Poetry.--Sets out for Texas.--Incidents of the Journey.--Reception at Little Rock.--The Shooting Match.--Meeting a Clergyman.--The Juggler.--Crockett a Reformer.--The Bee Hunter.--The Rough Strangers.--Scene on the Prairie. . . . 290