New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-06
The Culinary Art in the Texas Prniries.

The following graphic account Of the straits TO
which the Texan Rangers are sometimes reduced
for cooking materials addresses itself TO the chart
~ that beeve,h all things'-nevertheless many
things have had their day as sooth, which are not
quite as credible az this. There is no compu-
sion intended upon the credit of anybody, though
the story, all must admit, is easier Of degutitlon
than the meat was when roasted.
MATAmoRos June Is, l846.
Race nags may be found among tho Texas Volunteer
yet the funniest fellow Of all is happy goucky chap
named BIZ Dean ono Of Cheyalliers spy company and
said TO be ofthe best players In all Texas
While at Corpus Christi lot OF were sitting out In
the stoop Of the Kinney House, early morning when
along came Bill Dean. He Gid not know single soul In
the crowd, although he knew were all bound for the
Rio Grandc yet the fact that the regular foruaes OF
an introduction bad not been gone through with did not
prevent him stopping short IN bis walk and accosung Us
His speech or harangue whatever It may DO termed
will lose much In the telling yet will endeavor 10 put
It upon paper In as good shape as possible
.Oh, yes" said he, with q knowing eer OF the eye,
"oh yes; all gon down among the robbers on the Rio
Grande are you Fine times you'll have. the left
I've been there myself and done what good many Of
you won't dol come back but II didn't see material
h-l--in August at that--l an teapot. Lived eight
days on one poor hawk and three mt
kill prairie the whole route TO Us from star
vanon The ninth day come and we struck small sresk
of good uck-a horse give out and broke down. plumb
out In the centre OF open prarieno stick In sight
big enough to tickle raitlesnake WITH let alone killing
him. Just had time to the critter by shoon him
and that ALL for In tbToe minutes longer he have
0ed Datbrhl Oe6tn IL ulup Nv iohB W putCnoi
him. nor long TO cut of chunks Of meat and stick
'em ram-rods but the cookn was another mat
piled up heap Of prairie grass, for was high
and dry and sot 1t on Ore but flashed up like powder
and won't out as quick. But"
But" put In ono OF bis hearers, but how did you
cook your horse meat after that =
Howe
ayes, how ~
why the fire caught the high grass cioso by and tbs
wind carried the flames streakin across the prairie
followed up fire. holding my chunk OF meat directly
over the hottest part of tho blaze and the way we went
Ii was caution to anything short OF locomotive doins
Once Ia q while little furry OF wind would come along,
and the would get few yards the start but I'd brush
upon her. lap her With my chunk and Thea we'd haveh
aeais nip and tuck You seed such tight race
II was beautiful"
ers nerruptlng the mad wag just In TO give him
little breath but did you cook your meat In the
end 7"
mot bad didn't. ! chase .hatd---d fire o mile and
half tho slmshtiest hard race you ever heer tell on.
and gave Il up until run right plump Into wet
marsh there the ire and chunck Of horse meat came
out evon-a dead heat especially the meat"
"But wasn't it cooked - put In another Of the
listeners'
Cooked noi-juat crustsd over a little. You don
cook brokendown horse flesh very easily no how but
when II TO chasing up prairie IRE with chunk
OF It, don know which 10 toughest the meat OF the
job. You'd have laughed to split yourself to have seen
ma In TINT racp--tO the fro leave at times and
then TO me brushin up her ugao, humpin' and
moyln myself as though | was a ruunin again some OF
those big mile hour Gdersleovss In he old Sates
But Fan, gon to Jack HayHss's to got cocktail
and some breakfast-In see You all down among the
robbers tho Rio Grande."
And SO SAYING Bill Dean stalked OF. saw the chap
this morning front of Mexican fonda trying to talk
Spanish with Gresser and endeavorng TO convince
him that he was a id robber." Such 10 one Of Bill
Deans storiesif could only make 1t no effective on
paper az he did In the telling would draw laugh from
those fond of the ludiorous N. O. Picsyune