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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-