The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-21
TANNER IN TIP Top TRIM.
He IL Earring Finely ana Still ScOrns
TO Eat - Attending to Cores.
pOndence and Driving in Gem
trail Park-A Letter From
.'Big Foot Wallace.

New York. July 20--At noon to-day DR..
Tanner was in good condition, with no
marked variation in pulse or temperature.
He took his customary drive during the
morning, drank freely of spring water and
answered six letters
In the course Of the day DR.. Tanner re.
ceived letter from j. b. Wallace, known in
western Texas as "Big Foot Wallace, the In
dian scout" in which remarkable story is
told, as follows:
an the year 1862 WAS in the northwest
ern portion of Texas, a private in company
X, Duf's regiment, G. S. A., and stationed
at Fort Davis. While on scout two com
panions and myself became detached from
our company, and camped on Provi-
dence creek, few miles northwest
of the Fort. We were attack
ed at night by the Indians, my two compan
ions killed, and our horses stampeded. /
escaped in the darkness, with only the clothes
on my back and my revolver and bowie
knife. The next morning while attempting
to reach a pool of water in rocky ravine, |
fell and fractured my left leg about midway
between ankle and knee, both bones being
broken. AT the edge of the water pool was
deposit of tough, tenacious wet claw l
bound my broken limb with my shirt torn in
strips, and then plastered it over thickly
with the clay, keeping the limb as quiet
as possible, and frequently renewing the clay
poultice. After the second day l experienced
no pain from the fracture. During the first
three or four days suffered much from hun
ger. used water sparingly, and kept my belt
comfortably tight about my waist, which APP
parenlly afforded me relief from the gripping
pains that occasionally annoyed me. For one
day only, think 1t was the 9th or 10th, / be-
came Eighty at intervals but not sufficiently
SO to Danish from my mind that absolute rest
of the injured limb was necessary. The TWEEN
ty-frst day after the accident removed the
bandage and found, to may great joy
the broken bones we're reunited. After a
few efforts l raised myself erect and stood on
my feet, holding on to little tree until | be-
came satisfied could trust the injured limb.
l then cautiously and slowly, with the
assistance of forked stick that
answered as crutcb, worked my way
for several hundred yards, when I became
exhausted and sought the shelter Of a shelly
ing rock, where l soon dropped into q
itful sleep that l was aroused from by the
bowling of coyote wolf, which was but q
few yards from me. I took as deliberate sim
at him with my revolver as my nervous and
exhausted condition permitted and blazed
away, providentially killing him; then | cut
his throat and sucked his blood until l had
swallowed pint or more, when | was COM
PEELED to stop by violent cramps in my stom-
ach. After suffering untold agonies for an hour
or more the pain gradually subsidized, and fell
into sound and refreshing slumber. This was
the first food that had gone into my stomach
for twenty.one days. When / awoke II was
late in the night. An almost Unsuitable desire
seized me to fiji my stomach with the raw flesh
of the wolf. / knew, however, it would
be death to do SO, and partially relieved my
hungry cravings by chewing the flesh and
only swallowing the juice. As soon as day.
light appeared i collected brush and wood,
made rousing fire and soon roasted the
hams of the wolf, on which l subsisted for
the next two days, swallowing very little Of
the flesh, but all the Juice | could extract
by constant chewing. During the two
days l walked eight miles and reached the |
fort, where was received as one from the |
dead. / was put in hospital, and under the |
kind care and skillful dietary man