Read the excerpt from David Crockett: His Life and Adventures by John S. C. Abbott.While there in the midst of the flour barrels
piled up all around him, the horses took fright at some strange sight which they encountered, and in a terrible scare rushed down a steep hill, turned a sharp corner, broke the tongue of the wagon and both of the axle-trees, and whirled the heavy barrels about in every direction. The escape of David from very serious injuries seemed almost miraculous. But our little barbarian leaped from the ruins unscathed.What does the setting reveal in this excerpt?
