Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1959 Page: 4 of 12
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Friday, August 7, 1959
Castroville H. D. Club
To Have Craft Day
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BLUEBIRD — CAMP FIRE GIRLS who attended the
summer camp at Camp Mary Louise stand for the
evening retreat while Kathy Vincent lowers the flag.
The 25 girls attending the camp range in age from
8 to 11 years old. The camp began Sunday, Aug.
26, and closed last Friday.
fletcher davis
Quoting From Marvin Huntor’s
Reprint o' A. J. Sowell’s
“LIFE OF BIQ
FOOT WALLACE’*
In 1840 “Big-Foot” Wallace left
Austin and went back to San An-
tonio and joined the company of
Hays when it was organized.
Captain Hays was very particular
what kind of men he enlisted, and
that is one reason why he had
liie best set of Indian fighters on
the frontier, and that he was nev-
er defeated by the Indians. A
man had to have courage, good
character, be a good rider, good
shot, and have a horse worth $100
Among this first company were
Wallace, Wollfork, Joe T i v y,
Mark Rapier, Kit Achland, Jim
Galbreath, Tom Buchanan, Coho
Jones, Peter Poe, Mike Cheva-
lier, Ad Gillespie and others not
now remembered. Among those
who came later, and followed the
fortunes of Hays, and helped to
fight his battles and gain a repu-
tation for him as an Indian fight-
er which is almost world-wide,
were Sam Walker, Sam Luckey,
George Neill, James Dunn, Ben
McCulloch, Henry McCulloch,
Ben High Smith, Tom Galbreath,
Andrew Sowell, John Sowell, P.
H. Bell, Creed Taylor, Sam Cher-
ry, Noah Cherry, John Carlin, Ru-
fus Perry, Joe Davis, Pipkin Tay-
lor, Josiah Taylor, Rufus Taylor,
James Nichols, Calvin Turner,
Lee Jackson and many other gal-
lant men whose names cannot
now be obtained. Captain Wal-
lace says that the Wollfork men-
tioned in the first list of rangers,
was a brother-in-law of Governor
L. S. Ross’ father, and that Joe
Tivy was afterwards mayor of
Kerrville, and was one of the
best men he ever knew.
Not long after Wallace joined
the rangers one morning he went
into a Mexican restaurant and
called for breakfast. A woman
soon brought him coffee, bread
etc., and a small animal broiled
whole on the coals, which looked
fat and tempting, and said: “Cara
cerro?” Wallace did not know
very much of the Spanish lang
uage at that time, and nodded
assent, thinking likely the little
animal was a squirrel or rabbit;
but he soon found it was neither,
but being palatable, he made a
hearty meal, eating all but the
head. As he was stepping out of
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the eating house, he met J i m
Dunn, another ranger, who under-
stood the Spanish, and asked him
what “Cerrea” meant. Dunn
said: “That means a polecat.”
“What!” said Wallace. ’’Did
that derned woman give me a
polecat to eat?” Dunn then step-
ped in and asked if she had given
this man a polecat for breakfast.
“O, yes,” she said, in Spanish:
“he is very fond of them, and
ate a whole one, all but the head.”
This settled it with “Big-Foot;”
he had nothing more to say and
stepped out.
During the years 1840-41, Hays
and his men captured many
horse thieves in and around San
Antonio, and shot several of them.
On one occasion they captured a
notorious one named Antonio Co-
rao, and four of the company
were detailed to shoot him, nam-
ely: “Big-Foot” Wallace, Chap-
man Woolfork, Sam Walker and
William Powell. The execution
took place at the head of the San
Antonio River, above town. Many
years after this Wallace was in
San Antonio, sitting with a crowd
of men at the Southern Hotel
when a Mexican, apparently very
drunk, came up and said to “Big-
Foot,” “Are you Big-Foot Wal-
lace?” “Yes,” was the reply;
“what do you want?” The Mexi-
can then came up close, looked
Wallace in the face and said:
“You helped to kill Antonio Car-
ao, and he was a friend of mine.”
“He was?” exclaimed Wallace,
as he sprang to his feet and pull-
ed his knife; “I want to kill all
of his friends, too.” By this time
the Mexican was making tracks,
with “Big-Foot” after him, but
the Mexican was not as drunk a?
he seemed, and out-ran Wallace
and made his escape. He barely
missed getting a slash from the
long-bladed knife, and likely
would have gotten it if some
friends had not caught Wallace
by the arm and impeded his pro-
gress.
The rangers under Hays, while
stationed in San Antonio and vi-
cinity, were very active scouting
far and near, and fighting sev-
eral battles with the Indians.
Things went on in this way until
the fall of 1842, when the Mexi-
cans under General Adrian Woll
made a sudden descent upon San
Antonio and captured the place.
Prior to this event, however,
there was a suspicion that some-
thing was wrong from the fact
that all at once no ammunition
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could be bought in San Antonia
by the Americans, it having all
been bought up at various times
by the Mexicans; and Wallace
told Captain Hays that he saw at
least a dozen strange Mexicans
in town that he had never seen
before, who did not live there.
The nearest place where ammu-
nition could be obtained was Aus-
tin, and thither Hays sent Wal-
lace and another ranger named
Nathaniel Mallon, to get a sup-
ply. Mallon was afterwards sher-
iff of Bexar county, and the first
one, Captain Wallace says.
(To B« Continued)
HERE IN HONDO
Fletcher Davis and daughters
were treated to a surprise visit
from Mr. Davis’ niece, Mrs. Fred-
da Harrison, and her daughter,
Robbie. The ladies were on a
visit to a married daughter and
sister residing at Houston and
drove over Friday, returning to
Houston Saturday afternoon from
where they were returning to
their home at Cockrun, Miss.,
where Mrs. Harrison is postmist-
ress. This was her first visit to
Hondo, but Robbie visited here a
short while on a former occasion.
M&M Fritz Bohmfalk just re-
turned from Hemingway, S. C.,
from visiting the brothers and
sisters of J. 0. Eaddy. They
brought a hand of tobacco after
watching them working with it.
CASTROVILLE t- Castroville
Home Demonstration Club mem-
bers were to meet for a craft
day, Thursday, July 30.
Plans call for the making of
aluminum trays beginning at 9
a m. at the Jimmie Burell resi-
dence.
This was the main topic for
discussion at the July 22 meet-
ing in the home of Mrs. W. C.
litehead, when 15 members
were present to answer roll call
with “What Improvements We
Have Made This Year.”
In other action it was decided
the treasurer should send remind-
er cards to members who are at
least three months delinquent in
payment of bills to the club.
Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. Clovis
Beohme and Mrs. Sammy Tschlr-
hart were appointed to the nomi-
nating committee. The hostess
served ice cream, cake and
punch. The raffle prize, a cake,
was won by Mrs. Joe L. Schott.
Mrs. Whitehead and Mrs. Schott
demonstrated the art of cake de-
corating and each member tried
her hand at making various cake
decorations.
The H.D. Club which at its last
meeting voted to join the Castro-
vUle Fiesta Assn., was appointed
to serve on the finance and pro-
gram committees for the Alsace
Fest, Oct. 18. Also a committee
will be appointed by the club’s
president, Mrs. David Beck, to
determine what crafts will be
made to sell during the fest.
There will be no meetings until
Sept. 9, when the agenda will in-
clude election of officers, and
Mrs. Ray Haby will be hostess.
Members will answer roll call
with “A Good Citizen I Know.”
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Guitterez Dies
At Devine
DEVINE — Manual Guitterez,
80, passed away at his home in
Devine, Tuesday July 28.
He had lived in Devine 67 years
and was a retired farmer.
The funeral was held at t h e
Baptist Church in Moore Wednes-
day and interment in the Moore
cemetery. Arrangements were by
Hurley Funeral Home.
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Coffee, 1 lb. can • . 69c
STAR KIST
Chunk Tuna. 29c
18-OZ. JAR
Rath Black Hawk Thick Sliced
Bacon, 2 lb. pkg.. $1.04
Puritan Sliced
Bacon, lb... 49c
Rath Black Hawk with Hickory Smoke
Hams, 3 lb. can . $2.59
Hormel Spiced
Luncheon Meat, lb.. 49c
Rib Chops, lb. 67c
Hamburger Meat, lb. 53c
Sirloin Steak, lb. . . 89c
Chuck Roast, lb. . . 59c
Loin Steak, lb. . . . 69c
FROZEN FOODS
Square Carton—Borden’s
Mellorine, Vi gal. . 39c
6-oz. can—Tree sweet
Orange Juice, 2 for w.49c
Lemons
Dozen
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Lettuce
Head
Jiff Peanut Butter . .59c
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Choc. Malt Frosting. 33c
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Vegetable Thins .
20-OZ. JAR-KRAFT
Blackberry Jelly .
2-OZ. JAR
Pimientos, 2 for .
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Kimbell Salt.....8c
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25c
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Liquid Detergent • . 45c
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Velvet Oil, qt. ... 49c
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Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1959, newspaper, August 7, 1959; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810974/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.