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Sharing
the
same
range
with
these
,
the
most
truculent
of
quadrupeds
,
may
be
seen
the
noblest
and
most
beautiful
of
animals
--
perhaps
nobler
and
more
beautiful
than
man
--
certainly
the
most
distinguished
of
man
's
companions
--
the
horse
!
Here
--
independent
of
man
's
caprice
,
his
jaw
unchecked
by
bit
or
curb
,
his
back
unscathed
by
pack
or
saddle
--
he
roams
unrestrained
;
giving
way
to
all
the
wildness
of
his
nature
.
But
even
in
this
,
his
favourite
haunt
,
he
is
not
always
left
alone
.
Man
presumes
to
be
his
pursuer
and
tamer
:
for
here
was
he
sought
,
captured
,
and
conquered
,
by
Maurice
the
Mustanger
.
On
the
banks
of
the
Alamo
--
one
of
the
most
sparkling
streamlets
that
pay
tribute
to
the
Nueces
--
stood
a
dwelling
,
unpretentious
as
any
to
be
found
within
the
limits
of
Texas
,
and
certainly
as
picturesque
.
Its
walls
were
composed
of
split
trunk
of
the
arborescent
yucca
,
set
stockade-fashion
in
the
ground
;
while
its
roof
was
a
thatch
furnished
by
the
long
bayonet-shaped
loaves
of
the
same
gigantic
lily
.
The
interstices
between
the
uprights
,
instead
of
being
"
chinked
"
with
clay
--
as
is
common
in
the
cabins
of
Western
Texas
--
were
covered
by
a
sheeting
of
horse-skins
;
attached
,
not
by
iron
tacks
,
but
with
the
sharp
spines
that
terminate
the
leaves
of
the
pita
plant
.
On
the
bluffs
,
that
on
both
sides
overlooked
the
rivulet
--
and
which
were
but
the
termination
of
the
escarpment
of
the
higher
plain
--
grew
in
abundance
the
material
out
of
which
the
hut
had
been
constructed
:
tree
yuccas
and
magueys
,
amidst
other
rugged
types
of
sterile
vegetation
;
whereas
the
fertile
valley
below
was
covered
with
a
growth
of
heavy
timber
--
consisting
chiefly
of
red-mulberry
,
post-oak
,
and
pecân
,
that
formed
a
forest
of
several
leagues
in
length
.
The
timbered
tract
was
,
in
fact
,
conterminous
with
the
bottom
lands
;
the
tops
of
the
trees
scarce
rising
to
a
level
with
the
escarpment
of
the
cliff
.
It
was
not
continuous
.
Along
the
edge
of
the
streamlet
were
breaks
--
forming
little
meads
,
or
savannahs
,
covered
with
that
most
nutritious
of
grasses
,
known
among
Mexicans
as
grama
.
In
the
concavity
of
one
of
these
,
of
semicircular
shape
--
which
served
as
a
natural
lawn
--
stood
the
primitive
dwelling
above
described
;
the
streamlet
representing
the
chord
;
while
the
curve
was
traced
by
the
trunks
of
the
trees
,
that
resembled
a
series
of
columns
supporting
the
roof
of
some
sylvan
coliseum
.
The
structure
was
in
shadow
,
a
little
retired
among
the
trees
;
as
if
the
site
had
been
chosen
with
a
view
to
concealment
.
It
could
have
been
seen
but
by
one
passing
along
the
bank
of
the
stream
;
and
then
only
with
the
observer
directly
in
front
of
it
.
Its
rude
style
of
architecture
,
and
russet
hue
,
contributed
still
further
to
its
inconspicuousness
.
