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THE ADVENTURES OF
The water boils up out of a basin the size of a hogshead,
which, running over, falls in a beautiful cascade
into the creek below. It looked more like an artificial
fountain than a natural spring. We saw some fresh
Indian signs, but no Indians.
Our camp to-night is under a large, projecting rock,
and very fortunate for us it was; for a heavy rainstorm
came up about I2 o'clock, which would have
"ducked" us thoroughly if it had not been for our
stone roof. As it was, we slept dry and comfortably,
notwithstanding the heavy rain that fell.
October 9gth, Sunday.-Every little creek and gully
is swimming this morning, and, as it is Sunday, we
have concluded to lay over a day and rest ourselves
and animals. After breakfast, one of the boys went
out exploring, and in an hour or two came back, bringing
with him a large quantity of a vegetable which he
called the artichoke. We cooked some for dinner, and
found them excellent. It is, I believe, a species of
bear-grass; at least, it resembles it very much, except
that its leaves or spires are notched like a saw. It
grows abundantly everywhere in the hilly and rocky
country. The root is the part eaten, and is roasted in
the ashes like a potato. Since then I have frequently
lived solely on them for days at a time, when out on
expeditions, and I can recommend them as a wholesome
and nutritious vegetable to all "wayworn wanderers
of the Western wilds."
Near our camp there is a perpendicular wall of
rock, ten or twelve feet high, with a smooth, even
face, on which the Indians have painted, with some
sort of red earth, the likenesses of men and animals.
Some of the animals are well drawn, particularly a
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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/m1/26/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .