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BIG-FOOT WALLACE
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of time I should be compelled to remain here, I took
another "account of stock" on hand, and found that
I was the fortunate owner of the following property,
viz.: one rifle in good condition; one shot-pouch, and
powder-horn filled with powder; one butcher-knife;
twenty-six bullets; steel for striking fire; one Mexican
gourd; one memorandum-book and pencil; two
plugs of tobacco, and a pipe. Pretty "well to do,"
thinks I to myself, considering the "tightness of the
times." I found it impossible to put my lame foot to
the ground at all, without suffering great pain, so I
concluded I would try and make a sort of crutch, that
would enable me to hobble about on my sound foot.
So I crawled out to where there was a bunch of young
saplings growing,. and, with much labor, at length
cut down a forked one with my butcher-knife,
which I thought would answer my purpose. By night
I had it finished, and, on trial, I found that I could
get along with it, after a fashion, on level ground.
I have not much fear of starving now, for with my
crutch I can follow any game that may come into the
valley.
After night, a heavy rain came up from the north,
accompanied by much thunder and lightning. The rain
never ceased falling till near daylight, but my cave
did not leak a drop, and the wall in front prevented
the wind from driving it in on me.
From this time, as long as I stayed in the valley,
which was until the 20th of November, nothing of
importance occurred, and as one day was pretty much
like another, I made but few notes in my memorandum
book, only enough to keep from losing the day
of the month. On the 2d of November, "I killed 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/m1/51/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .