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John Crittenden Duval. Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter (Illustrated)
Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and Hunter (Illustrated)
Table of Contents
SKETCH OF WALLACE’S LIFE
WILLIAM WALLACE
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II
WALLACE’S INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF WOODCRAFT
CHAPTER III
ON THE ROUTE—THE OLD LADY AND THE TRUCK-PATCH
CHAPTER IV
A RATTLESNAKE BITE—SINGULAR SPRING—WILD ARTICHOKES—INDIAN ART GALLERY—WALLACE’S FIRST BEAR
CHAPTER V
BUFFALO—FINE GROVE OF PECAN-TREES—THE FIRST BUFFALO—BIT BY A RATTLESNAKE—THE TARANTULA—TRAVELLING UNDER DIFFICULTIES—A FREE SERENADE
CHAPTER VI
THE PALO PINTO AT LAST—THE CAMP IN THE VALLEY—WALLACE’S LAST LOOK AT THE CAMP—THE INDIANS—A TIGHT RACE—WALLACE KILLS HIS FIRST INDIAN
CHAPTER VII
LOST AMONG THE RAVINES—A LUCKY SHOT—COMFORTABLE QUARTERS—A PETRIFIED FOREST—THE MEXICAN GOURD—WALLACE MAKES A FRIEND
CHAPTER VIII
MY LITTLE VALLEY—A SAD ACCIDENT—WILD TURKEYS— ON CRUTCHES— ON THE TRAMP AGAIN—A LAST LOOK
CHAPTER IX
GOLD—INDIAN SMOKES—COMANCHE UNEASY—CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS—MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS—THE OLD SQUAW—WHAT NEXT?
CHAPTER X
LED OUT FOR EXECUTION—SAVED AT THE LAST MOMENT—A NEW MOTHER AND A NEW HOME—COMANCHE IN LUCK AGAIN—“LOBO-LUSTI-HADJO.”
CHAPTER XI
BLACK WOLF’S INDIAN LEGEND—DETERMINATION TO ESCAPE—BACK IN THE SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER XII
BELATED IN THE WOODS—WOLVES ON THE TRACK—ONE FELLOW OUT OF THE WAY—REINFORCEMENTS COMING UP—A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT
CHAPTER XIII
A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE—FIGHT WITH THE “BIG INDIAN.”
CHAPTER XIV
A TIGHT PLACE—INDIAN SIGNS—BEN WADE’S MOTTO—BEN AND THE BUFFALO RIBS—“INGINS ABOUT”—HERE THEY COME
CHAPTER XV
A WARM RECEPTION—“FIRE AND FALL BACK”—HOT WORK—A NATURAL COWARD—FOUR AT A SHOT—LASSOING DEAD INDIANS
CHAPTER XVI
MORE COMANCHES ON THE WAR-TRACK—KEEPING A STIFF UPPER LIP—ON A FALSE TRAIL—BEN WADE WANTS HIS DINNER—“MR. JOHN” OUTWITTED
CHAPTER XVII
A NIGHT VISIT FROM THE INDIANS—AFOOT, AND TEN MILES TO TRAVEL—ON THE TRAIL—A CURIOUS SPECIMEN
CHAPTER XVIII
STORY OF THE INDIAN-HATER—THE MOVE FROM KENTUCKY—NEW HOME IN TEXAS—WIFE AND CHILDREN MURDERED BY THE INDIANS—TERRIBLE REVENGE—A DANGEROUS COMPANION—THE INDIAN CAMP
CHAPTER XIX
ATTACKING THE INDIANS—NARROW ESCAPE—THE INDIAN-HATER AT WORK—FORGOT TO UNTIE HIS HORSE—A DYING STRUGGLE—WORSE SCARED THAN HURT—DINNER READY COOKED—RETURN TO THE SETTLEMENTS AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE INDIAN-HATER
CHAPTER XX
WALLACE MAKES A TREATY WITH THE LIPAN INDIANS—THE INDIANS BREAK IT—PREPARATION TO PUNISH THEM—FIRST APPEARANCE OF A LIVE AUTHOR
CHAPTER XXI
THE AUTHOR AGAIN—THE BOYS MAKE FUN OF HIS UMBRELLA—HIS PISTOL “GOES OFF” AND CREATES AN EXCITEMENT—MR. COOPER’S INDIAN CHARACTERS—SOME SAGE REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER—THE AUTHOR WANTS A BED, AND GETS TIGE’S BUFFALO ROBE—“SOMETHING LIKE A PILLOW”—TROUBLESOME BEDFELLOWS—THE START AFTER THE INDIANS
CHAPTER XXII
THE SUDDEN STORM—SAD FATE OF THE “AUTHOR’S” UMBRELLA—WHAT HE THOUGHT OF MR. COOPER—THE AUTHOR GOES A-HUNTING, AND WHAT HE FOUND—HE PRONOUNCES MR. COOPER A HUMBUG
CHAPTER XXIII
OUR AUTHOR HAS AN APPETITE—SCARCITY OF WATER—THE AUTHOR TAKES NOTES, AND THE MEN GET RILED—THE MUD-PUDDLE
CHAPTER XXIV
PLENTY OF WATER—A HALT FOR REFRESHMENT—OUR AUTHOR AMONG THE ROCKS—HE MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE—TREED BY MEXICAN HOGS—HE GROWS DESPERATE—IS RELEASED AT LAST—ADVENTURE WITH A RATTLESNAKE—MORE SCARED THAN HURT
CHAPTER XXV
ANOTHER RATTLESNAKE—HOW TO MANAGE RATTLESNAKES—TERRIFIC ADVENTURE WITH A GRAPE-VINE RATTLESNAKE
CHAPTER XXVI
FRESH SIGNS OF THE INDIANS—OUR AUTHOR IN TROUBLE AGAIN—SCATTER GUNS COMPARED WITH BOWS AND ARROWS
CHAPTER XXVII
THE INDIANS OVERTAKEN—DESPERATE FIGHT—THE AUTHOR PROVES HIMSELF A GOOD SOLDIER—THE INDIAN GIRL—THE AUTHOR HAS A RACE FOR HIS LIFE—THE UMBRELLA COMES IN PLAY—GATHERING UP THE SPOILS—THE HORSES RECOVERED—FAREWELL TO THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER XXVIII
WALLACE SURPRISES A PARTY OF INDIANS WHO WERE MAKING THEMSELVES “COMFORTABLE” NEAR HIS RANCH
CHAPTER XXIX
THE “MIER EXPEDITION.”
CHAPTER XXX
OVER THE RIO GRANDE AGAIN—A COSTLY EXCHANGE—RECEPTION BY THE MEXICANS—FIRING AN “ESCOPETA”—FIGHTING IN EARNEST—CAPTAIN CAMERON AND THE MEXICAN SOLDIER
CHAPTER XXXI
SURRENDER TO THE MEXICANS—GENERAL GREEN’S PROPOSITION—MARCHED OFF TO PRISON—THE MEXICAN MAIDEN—OFF FOR CAMARGO—A SHORT STAY AND OFF AGAIN—REINOSA
CHAPTER XXXII
OFF FOR MATAMORAS—DISTINGUISHED RECEPTION AT MATAMORAS—AN ORATORICAL DISPLAY—AGAIN ON THE ROAD—A SERIOUS LOSS—GOAT OR DOG?
CHAPTER XXXIII
STILL ON THE ROAD—INHUMAN TREATMENT—WALLACE USES HIS “BIG FOOT” TO ADVANTAGE—PLANNING AN ESCAPE—DISAPPOINTMENT—MONTEREY—THE TARANTULA—CHANGE OF COMMANDERS, AND OFF AGAIN—RINCONADA—ANOTHER PLAN OF ESCAPE, AND ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT—ARRIVAL AT SALTILLO, AND OUR DETERMINATION
CHAPTER XXXIV
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON THE MEXICAN GUARD—BRAVERY OF COLONEL BARRAGAN—RETREAT FROM SALADO—RAPID TRAVELLING—BAD COUNSELS—SUFFERING FOR WATER—IN DIFFICULTIES—WATER AT LAST—THE HORSES KILLED AND EATEN
CHAPTER XXXV
A DREARY PROSPECT—NO WATER—DYING BY THE WAYSIDE—HUNGER AND THIRST—DREAMING OF WATER—HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS—CAPTURED BY THE MEXICANS—WATER AT LAST—WRETCHED CONDITION OF THE SURVIVORS
CHAPTER XXXVI
ENCAMPMENT AT THE WATER-HOLE—WRETCHED APPEARANCE OF THE MEN—MARCH BACK TO SALTILLO—MEXICAN VERMIN—HOW WALLACE WAS DRESSED—MEXICAN VEGETATION—THE TIGER THORN—CONFLICTING RUMORS
CHAPTER XXXVII
SUDDEN CHANGE OF QUARTERS—RANCHO SALADO ONCE MORE—BRUTAL ORDER—THE DRAWING OF THE BEANS—“DIP DEEP, BOYS”—THE BABOON-FACED MEXICAN OFFICER—INDIFFERENCE OF THE MEN—THE ONE EXCEPTION—WALLACE DRAWS A WHITE BEAN—“OULD IRELAND FOREVER”—SPEEDY EXECUTION—A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE AND SUBSEQUENT DEATH
CHAPTER XXXVIII
SAN LUIS POTOSI—QUERETARO—TULI—THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA—MURDER OF CAPTAIN CAMERON—ARRIVAL AT THE CITY OF MEXICO—PUT TO WORK ON THE PUBLIC ROAD—HOW WALLACE GOT HIS PAY—HOW ONE OF THE MEN “PLAYED HORSE”—ESCAPE OF PRISONERS—WHY WALLACE WAS CALLED “BIG-FOOT”—“TEXAS CANNIBALS.”
CHAPTER XXXIX
PUEBLA—PEROTE—WALLACE HAS “JAIL FEVER”—THE SURGEON-GENERAL SAVES HIS LIFE—SEEING THE ANIMALS—MORE MEN ESCAPE—FINAL RELEASE, AND START HOME—STOPPED BY ROBBERS, WHO PROVE TO BE VERY CLEVER FELLOWS—YELLOW FEVER—HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XL
WALLACE HEARS FROM VIRGINIA—CIVILIZED COMPARED WITH UNCIVILIZED LIFE—HE DETERMINES TO TAKE A TRIP TO “THE OLD STATES”—LAYS IN A “CIVILIZED” WARDROBE—AN OLD FRIEND FINDS HIM DISGUISED IN HIS NEW CLOTHES—STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY—WALLACE’S OPINION OF THE SEA—AT NEW ORLEANS, AND WHAT HE SAW THERE
CHAPTER XLI
WALLACE GOES TO THE THEATRE—HIS OPINION OF “PLAY-ACTORS”—THE DANCING WOMAN—WALLACE GETS EXCITED—THE ST. CHARLES “TAVERN”—HOW HE REGISTERED HIS NAME—WALLACE IS AFRAID OF A FIRE—HE BREAKFASTS AT THE ST. CHARLES, AND GETS UP AN EXCITEMENT—THE BILL OF FARE—FRIED BULLFROGS
CHAPTER XLII
WALLACE MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE—GOES TO A QUADROON BALL, AND TEACHES THEM “THE STAMPEDE”—WALLACE TAKES A “WHITE LION,” AND PAYS FOR IT—HAS HIS FORTUNE TOLD—WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER XLIII
WALLACE IN TROUBLE—LEAVES NEW ORLEANS—ON THE MISSISSIPPI—A BOAT RACE—WALLACE ROARS LIKE A MEXICAN LION—HE “SELLS” A DANDY—“RUNNING AGAINST A SNAG”—ANCHORED ON A SAND-BANK—DAMAGE REPAIRED, AND ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI
CHAPTER XLIV
CINCINNATI—WAITER GIRLS AT THE HOTEL—WALLACE DISCOURSES ON POLITENESS—SOUTHERNERS AND YANKEES—A LITTLE DISH OF POLITICS—GOES TO DAN RICE’S CIRCUS—RIDES A REFRACTORY HORSE, AND MAKES TWENTY DOLLARS—WHAT WALLACE THOUGHT OF CINCINNATI
CHAPTER XLV
OFF FOR WHEELING—EVERYBODY SMOKING—WALLACE’S FIRST TRIP IN THE CARS—WHAT HE THOUGHT OF RAILROAD TRAVELLING—RICHMOND—THE DIME RESTAURANT—WALLACE GOES TO A FIRE, AND GETS “PUT OUT”—WHAT HE THOUGHT OF PRINCE ALBERT—WALLACE LEAVES RICHMOND, AND GOES TO LEXINGTON—WHAT HIS RELATIVES THOUGHT OF HIM—THE “WILD TEXAN” AT A “FANDANGO,” WHERE HE TELLS SOME “BIG STORIES”—MISS MATILDA, AND WHAT SHE HEARD—WALLACE GETS TIRED OF CIVILIZATION, AND GOES BACK TO TEXAS
CHAPTER XLVI
WALLACE GIVES JACK DOBELL HIS OPINION OF FARMING—UNCLE JOSH—THE JEWS A SENSIBLE PEOPLE—WALLACE MAKES HIS ARRANGEMENTS FOR A CROP—HE AND “KEECHEYE” TRY PLOUGHING—BOTH DISGUSTED—QUEER MUSKMELON—RUINED BY THE DROUGHT—HOW WALLACE WAS CHEATED OUT OF HIS “ROASTING EARS”—LIVING ON WATERMELONS AND “POOR DOE”—WALLACE’S FUTURE PROSPECTS—CONCLUSION
