Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-08-11
BILL DEAN. THE TEXAN RANGER.

Kendall. OF the Picayune. who was at Matanor-
as on the 18th u., describes in letter TO that pa
per- an extraordinary Joker he has lately fallen III
with. Such exposition oil culinary art OF the
Texas praires, we have never seen before. We
would 90 miles to see Bill dean and hear him tell
the story-whch Kendall thus hits off
Rare ways NAV be found among the Texas \ OIL
unteers. vet the funniest fellow Of al i happy
fo-lucv chap named Bill Dean. one Of Ghevallier's
spy COMPANY. and said TO be OF the best sew
en- up PLAYERS in all Texas. While At Corpus
Christi lot of us were sitting the stoop of
the Kinney House, early one morning. when along
came Bill Dean. He did not know a single soul
in the crowd. although he new we were all bound
for the RIO Grande: vet the fact that the regular
fornatos of an Introduction lad rot been gone
through with. did not prevent lis STOPPING short IN
his walk and accostin9 us. IIis speech. ha-
ranouc. or whatever il may be termed. viii lose
much in telling. vet Will cndeayor put il upon
paper III as GOOD shape as possible.
Oh. ycs' said lie. with 4 knowing 1or Of the
eye: oh, yes: I'll going down among the robbers
on the RIO Grande. YOU? Fine times youU
have. over the lcfl. I've been there. myself, and
done what great many Of you won't do como
back but if didn't see material h-ll-in August
at that an a teapot. Lived eight days upon one
poor hawk and three lackberros-coaidn't Kill a
prairie rat the whole route to save us from star
vation. The ninth day come, and we struck q
small streak of GOOD luck-a horse give ont and
broke down plump out IN the centre Of an open
prairic-not a stick big enough 10 tickle rattle
snake with, let alone killing him. just had time
TO save the critcr by shoon him and that was all.
for IN three minutes longer he'd have died nat
cral death. Ii didn't take long 10 butcher him,
nor 10 cut off some chunks OF meat and stick EN-
on our ramrodS; but the coohin was another mat
ter. | Piled up a heap OF prairie grass Tor ii was
high and dry, and sot ii fire; bat it flashed up
Ike powder and went out as quick. But
But. put IN OF his hearers, but did you
cook your horscncai after that!
How
Yes. how?'
.Whv, the fire caught the high grass close by.
and the wind carried the flames streakjn' across
the prairie. | followed up The fisc, holding my
chunk Of meat directly over the blaze. and the way
we went il was caution TO anything short of To-
conceive doin's. Once III while little furry OF
wind uouid come along and the fire Woald get Il
few wards the START bat Id brush upon her. lap her
with INV chunk. and then we'd lave il again. nip
an chuck You never seed such Il tight race--it
WIS beautiful.
Very. we've 10 doubt calculated one of the
listeners. intcrruptng the mad wac Just IN season
to rive him a little breath bat did YOU cook your
meat IN the crdE
Not bad didn't chased the DID fire a rnc
and a half. the a!nigatirst hardest race you ever
hccr'd tell on, and never give il up until run hcr
right plump iato wet marsh; there The fire and
chunk of horse meat came out cyen--a dead heat
especially the meat
But wasn't it coood!' put i'll another OF the
lisieuers.
Cook mol Just crusted over little. You
don cook broken down horse-icsh very easy no
how; but when it comes 10 chasing upa prairie fire
with Il chunk Of it. don't know which is the tough
est. the neat or the Job. You'd have laughed 10
split YOURS If 10 have seen me in that rafcto see
the fire leave me al times ard then 10 So" me
brIshin up Oh her again, humpin and mov!n my
self rs though ! was runnIn agn some OF those bIg
ten mile all hour GildcrSccves III tie cid States
But Ia IA CON over i" Jack HAYNES 10 GET cock
tail and some brcaklast-Ili You all down d
Inong the robbers on the Rio Grands.
And 50 saving. Bill Dean Stalked off. saw the
chap this morning in front OF Mexican fondd.
irving to talk Spanish with Grcdstr, and endca-
voring to convince him that he Id rob
ber.' Such is ono OF Bill Deans stores---ji
could only make it effective paper he did
in the telling. it would draw laugh from tho-'
fond Of the ludcrous.