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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 1869, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia
VOL. 111--NO. 45.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
BIG-FOOT WALLACE, the “ Texas Raiiger.”
A. WALLACE was born in
Lexington, Rockbridge county,
J n the year 181 G.
He went to Texas in 183 C, a few months
after the battle of San Jacinto, for the
purpose, he says, of taking pay out of
the Mexicans for the murder of his
brother and his cousin, Major Wallace,
who both fell at “ Fannin’s Massacre.”
He says he believes accounts with them
are now about square.
He landed first at Galveston, which
consisted then of six groceries and an
old stranded hulk of a steamboat, used
as a hotel, and for a berth in which he
paid at the rate of $3 per day. From
Galveston, Wallace went on to La-
Grange, then a frontier village, where
he resided until the spring of 1839, when
he moved up to Austin, just before the
seat of government was established at
that place. He remained at Austin un
til the spring of 1840, when finding that
the country was settling up around him
too first to suit his notions, he went over
to San Antonio, where he resided until
he entered the service.
Ho was at the battle of the Salado, in
the fall of 1842, when Gen. Woll came
in and captured San Antonio. The
fight began about eleven o'clock in the
day, and lasted until night. Gen. Woll
had fourteen hundred men and the Tex
ans one hundred and ninety-seven, un
der Caldwell, (commonly known as
“Old Paint.”) Between eighty and
one hundred Mexicans were killed,
while the Texans lost only one man,
(Jett.) Forty men, however, from La-
Grange, under Captain Dawson, who
were endeavoring to form a junction
with them, were surrounded and cap
tured by the Mexicans, who massacred
them all as soon as they had surrender
ed their arms.
In the fall of 1842, he volunteered in
the “ Mier Expedition,” an account of
which is concluded in this number of
the Weekly. After his’ return from
Mexico, he joined Colonel Jack Hays’
MACON, GEORGIA, MAY 7, 1870.
“BIG-FOOT WALLACE.”
Engraved expressly for “Burke’s Weekly.”
Ranging Company, the first ever regu
larly enlisted in the service of the “ old
Republic,” and was with it in many of
those desperate encounters with the
Comanches and other Indians, in which
Hays, Walker, McCulloch and Cheva
lier gained their reputation as success
ful Indian fighters.
When the Mexican war broke out in
184 G, Wallace joined Col. Hays’ regi-
ment of mounted volunteers, and was
with it at the storming of Monterey,
where he says he took “ full toll ” out
of the Mexicans for killing his brother
and cousin at Goliad in 1836.
After the Mexican war ended, he had
command of a Ranging Company for
some time, and did good service in pro
tecting the frontiers of the State from
the incursions of the savages. Subse-
Whole No. 140.
quently he had charge of the mail from
San Antonio to El Paso, and though
often waylaid and attacked by the In
dians, he always brought it through in
safety.
He is now living upon his little ranch,
thirty miles west of San Antonio, where
with true frontier hospitality he is al
ways ready to welcome the wayfarer to
the best he has.
The picture which accompanies this
sketch is copied from a photograph,
taken last year, in San Antonio, and
will be recognized by Wallace’s friends
as a capital likeness.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE ADVENTURES OF
BIG-FOOT WALLACE,
The Texas Ranger and Huntor.
By the Author of “ Jack Dobell; or , A Boy's
Ad-ventures in Texas."
CHAPTER XLV.
PUEBLA —PEROTE —WALLACE HAS “ JAIL
FEVER’’—THE SURGEON-GENERAL SAVES
IIIS LIFE —SEEING THE ANIMALS —MORE
MEN ESCAPE —FINAL RELEASE AND START
HOME STOPPED BY ROBBERS, WHO
TROVE TO BE VERY CLEVER FELLOWS —
YELLOW FEVER— CONCLUSION.
var i ou s times during our stay
in the city of Mexico all of
our men who claimed to be
British subjects were released, at the
request of the English minister, Doyle.
The United States minister, Gen. Wad
dy Thompson, I believe made every
effort in his power for our liberation,
but for a long time w r as altogether un
successful.
I could easily lengthen out my narra
tive of the “ Mier Expedition ” by en
tering into a detailed account of the
cities and countries w*e passed through
while in Mexico ; and by commenting
upon, and censuring or applauding the
motives and conduct of the prominent
men or leaders in this disastrous expe
dition. But I had no idea of attempt-