The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas Ranger and hunter,: by John C. Duval.

BIG-FOOT WALLACE
of muddy water, from which we procured enough to
quench our thirst.
Some miles further on we came to a ranch, and finding out from the people living there that we were considerably to the east of the course we wished to pursue, we turned more to the west and traveled on till
night overtook us, when we encamped at the foot of
a mountain.
The next morning we were on the way again by
sunrise, and after going some distance we came to the
road running to Monclova. This we followed for a
few miles, when we met an Englishman (an old
acquaintance of Captain Cameron), who advised us
to go with him to a ranch he owned near by, where he
told us he could furnish us with provisions, of which
by this time we were nearly destitute He urgently
advised us not to leave the road and go off into the
mountains, as the majority of our men and officers
were in favor of doing, and told us there were no
troops along the road to intercept us, and that if we
abandoned it and turned off through the desolate and
mountainous country that lay in the direction we proposed traveling, we would inevitably perish for want
of food and water. Well would it have been for us
if we had done as this Englishman advised, for I am
satisfied now that he was truly anxious to aid us in
effecting our escape into Texas; but somehow the ma.
jority of us came to the conclusion that he was not to
be trusted, and that he was merely seeking to delay us
on the way until a sufficient force should have time to
pursue and overtake us. So we declined accepting the
friendly offers and advice of the Englishman, and continued our route until late at night, when we came to a
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