Jim Bowie by Robert E. Hollmann

Author:Robert E. Hollmann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Untreed Reads Publishing
Published: 2012-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“It makes me sad TO hear that Ursula died,” Princess said.

The old dog put his paw on her head.

“It made Jim sad too. For months he just wandered around their house. I think he expected Ursula to come out of one of the rooms. Jim was never the same after that.”

Butch rolled over and watched a cloud pass by.

“Tell us about some more Indian fights.”

The old dog yawned. He was thinking about the old days…

There were no more Indian fights. The days dragged into months and the months dragged into years. Jim tried to keep busy with his land, but he was not a good businessman. He lost a lot of his land. Jim tried to find the lost mines one more time, but had no luck. More people came into Texas, and the relationship with Mexico became worse and worse. Stephen Austin tried to calm things down, but young hotheads like William Travis kept things stirred up.

Jim became very interested in what was going on. He joined the men who wanted to separate from Mexico. As time went on everyone knew that there would be a war. Stephen Austin went to Mexico to try and work things out, but he was thrown in jail. After a year he came home, and now even Austin believed that war was coming.

Austin raised an army of volunteers and marched toward San Antonio. The army camped on Cibolo Creek, and Jim joined them with some of his friends. Austin was glad to see Jim. He walked up to us as we rode into the camp.

“Good to see you, Jim. We can use men like you.”

“Hello, Mr. Austin. We heard you were headed to San Antonio so we thought we would join up and see what we can find.”

Austin led Jim into his tent. I followed them and curled up in a corner.

“Jim, I think there will be a fight when we get to San Antonio. You have lived there for awhile, tell me about the town.”

“Well, let’s see. A lot of the people there don’t like Santa Anna. But they’re not sure your army can win. So they’re going to try and stay out of the fight. Juan Seguin will fight with us. He has a few men. I think most of the people are going to wait and see what happens. There’s an old mission there called the Alamo. The Mexican army has been working on it in case they need a fort. It’s not a fort, though. It’s a mission and wasn’t built to be a fort.”

Austin listened carefully to Jim.

“I want you to take some men and scout out the town. Find out what’s happening and let me know.”

Jim shook his head. “I have no authority over these men.”

Austin smiled. “As commander of this army, I’m placing you on my staff with the rank of colonel. Now you can lead the men.”

Jim smiled. “Colonel. That sounds mighty important. When do you want me to leave?”

“In the morning. I want you to check out the Mission Concepcion near San Antonio.

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