The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-02

failed to discover his sAndAls. They organized party, however, and started out to keep watch for the night. The next morning they found the trail left by Wallace, and follow ing 1t up, they found Wallace himself sound asleep, with the scandals still on his feet. It is said that he after wards killed the Waco chief, but, whether this be true or not, he has been known as "Big Foot" Wallace ever since the incident above men, tioned.
 In 1868 had occasion to travel from San Antonio to Laredo, Texas, and be- coming separated from the party with which had set out, I was delighted to reach Capt. Wallace's cabin, on the bank of the Chicon, about dusk one evening, and was still further pleased to find him at home. He lived there alone, but hardly ever speut night in his cabin unless he had company, gen. erally taking his rife and blanket and secreting himself in some adjacent thicket. He said If he slept in the house he slept sound, and the Indians might slip up on him, and they had made several attempts to surprise him. He promised to pilot me back to the Laredo road next morning and help me to find the party from which l had become separated during the day.
 We started about sunrise In the morning, and when about five miles from the cabin we came upon three deer quietly feeding. Big Foot wounded one of them, and, pointing out the di- rection for me to travel, he started in pursuit of his game, telling me If he had not overtaken me when reached & certain hill, which he described, for me 10 wait for him. had scarcely ridden three miles after parting with Capt. Wallace when espied & party of Lipan Indians, about fifteen in num- Der, bearing down upon me, about half mile away. The hill where the old man had directed me to wait for him was about quarter of & mile away, and putting my horse at full speed reached it some distance ahead of the Indians. dismounted and tied my horse and, taking 6 position behind a tree, prepared to defend myself. The Indians advanced to within two hun dred or three hundred yards, when they halted and seemed to be holding consultation. Suddenly 1 heard yell, and at the same instant discovered Capt. "Big Foot" riding at full speed directly at the Indians, waving his hat and calling out in Spanish: "CCme on boys here they are sail in on 'em." The Indians "stood not on the order of their going, but went st once," and when the old man got up to where l was standing, badly scared, asked him who he was calling to. He said nobody; he had just taken that method of soaring the redskins of. It certainly proved very effectual method.
 About 6 year after this 6 Choctaw Indian who lived in Atascosa county, named Bob Coins, ran away to Mex leo, carrying of number of horses with him, amoung the number four belonging to "Big Foot" The old man started after Coins, and met him in Laredo. asked where he was go- ing, when he told me how Bob Coins had stolen some of his horses and was at 6 Lipan village over in Mexico, and he was going over after them. asked him if he proposed to take legal steps to recover his property. He said no Coins had stolen his horses and he was going to steal them back. About ten days later met him again, when he told me he had recovered his horses