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BIG-FOOT WALLACE
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chainmen, a marker, a hunter, and a cook, making in
all sixteen men-a sufficient force to travel with
safety, at that day, in the most dangerous part of the
country. At that time, one American, well armed, was
considered a match for eight or ten Indians, with their
bows and arrows and miserable guns; but now, thanks
to the traders, they are well furnished with good
rifles and "six-shooters," and can hold their own, man
for man.
The first day out, we traveled only a few miles, and
encamped on a beautiful little clear stream, where I
killed my first deer. I thought I had performed a
wonderful feat, for I had never killed anything before
larger than a squirrel or a 'possum, and I proudly
returned to camp with the deer on my shoulders, trying
all the time, though, to look as if the killing of a
deer was no unusual thing with me. But the boys suspected
me, and when I owned up that it was the first
deer I had ever shot, two or three of them seized me,
while as many more smeared my face and hands with
the blood of the animal-a sort of ceremony, they
said, by which I was "initiated" into the brotherhood
of "mighty hunters." I suppose I was "initiated," as
they called it, for I have killed many a hundred deer
since that time, to say nothing of buffalo, bear, elk,
wolves, panthers, Mexican lions, catamounts, and
other "varmints" too numerous to mention.
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Duval, John C. The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter, book, 1870; [Macon, Ga.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5831/m1/19/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .