This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... son of the captain, and Joe Riff, both rangers, were killed on the Blanco by Indians. When the bodies were found, the signs of battle showed with what desperate valor the young rangers had sold their lives. This was about the last of Indian raids on this part of the frontier. After Captain Richarz left the frontier service heserved as justice and attended to his stock and farm. Served one term as representative of the Fifty-second district in the Legislature. His hearing becoming defective, he was incapacitated from further public service, and he spends a quiet life on the west bank of the Seco, in a romantic spot near the foot of the hills, where he attends to his irrigated garden and orchard. He reads the finest print without glasses, and never misses a rabbit or turkey at the distance of eighty yards with a rifle. He has a kind and friendly disposition, and has many friends. His judgment of men and things is astute, and he h^s a blunt way of talking and expressing himself, but his judgment is seldom at fault. He is a devoted Texan, and liberal in his views. GIDEON THOMPSON. Came to Texas in 1852. Among the first settlers who came to Sabinal Canyon, but few have had a more varied or interesting experience than Mr. Gideon Thompson, who still survives at this date (1899) to tell the tale of frontier days. Mr. Thompson was born in Hawkins County, eastern Tennessee, on the 3d day of November, 1822. In 1842 we find him in the State of Arkansas, where the same year he married Miss Margarette O'Bryant. He came to Texas in 1852, and in the fall of the same year wended his way to Sabinal Canyon, the extreme limit at that time of civilization in southwest Texas. Mr. Thompson made a short stop in San Antonio on his way out, and says at that time...

Early Settlers And Indian Fighters Of Southwest Texas (2 Volumes)

History

Sowell, A.J.

Americas

Reprint Services Corp

Originally published in 1900 as Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, this volume has been praised by reviewers for more than a century. J. Frank Dobie said it is "meaty with the character of ready-to-fight but peace-seeking Texas pioneers." 
Joe B. Frantz, renowned Texas historian, wrote: "Sowell has a feature writer's eye for a good story and his sensitivity for change of pace and mood." 
The author was a native of Texas, a Texas Ranger who used a pen as well as he used his gun. His readable volume describes Indian fights and the activities of famous Texas Rangers in detail. Included in these accounts are first-hand recollections of Texas Rangers Bigfoot Wallace and Benjamin F. Highsmith and Mrs. Hannah Berry's description of her encounters with Davy Crockett and Josiah Wilbarger. 
The reprint edition is a replica of the original 1900 volume, complete with a new index added when State House Press published the book as Texas Indian Fighters in 1986.

Texas Indian Fighters: Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

State House Press

Early settlers and Indian fighters of southwest Texas

Life of "Big Foot" Wallace: The Great Ranger Captain

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

State House Pr

"Big Foot" Wallace was one of Texas's most famous folk heroes in the days of the republic and the years thereafter. He was captured at the Mier Expedition, survived the drawing of the black beans, and spent months in the Mexican prison of Perote. First published in 1899, this book allows the readers to share in the adventures of a unique Texas Ranger.

This book is divided into three basic sections which include accounts of Indian battles as told to Sowell by individuals who took part ----followed by the early Anglo history of Texas with materials on the Sowell family, which arrived in 1829 and on the Texas revolution and the Texas republic.  The most extensive third section are Sowell's personal reminiscences of his participation as a Texas Rangers in  the 1870-1871 Wichita Campaign.

Rangers and Pioneers of Texas: With a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles, and Wars, by Which Texas Was Rescued

Life as an early settler in Texas was tough.\nCattle rustlers stole people’s livelihoods, Native Americans fought back to reclaim their lands, and gunslingers walked the streets of the frontier towns.\nA. J. Sowell refused to let the memory of the early pioneers who settled on the southwest frontier die.\nAs he states in his preface, “They bore the heat and burden of the day, and their deeds should live like monuments in the hearts of their countrymen.”\nSowell’s book was written just at the point that camping grounds and tumbleweed towns were transforming into prosperous cities and provides insight into a world that has long vanished.\nMaterial for the book was drawn from interviews with men and women, such as “Big Foot” Wallace, Sarah J. Kinchaloe, and Henry Castro, who had lived on the frontier and experienced life in this wild region.\nThis book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the old west and for those who wish to find out more about the lives of the pioneer men and women who transformed the famous state of Texas.\nAndrew Jackson Sowell was first of his family to be born in Texas after his relations moved to the area in 1830. His grandfather was involved in the Texas Revolution, as was his uncle, who served in the Alamo garrison but departed to obtain supplies prior to its fall. From 1870 November until 1871 June, he was a Texas Ranger in Company F of the Frontier Battalion, serving under Capt. David P. Baker. Drawing on his own experiences as a Texas Ranger, events in his relatives’ lives, family history, and interviews, Sowell wrote numerous books and articles about the early history of Texas. His books include Rangers and Pioneers of Texas, Life of Big Foot Wallace, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, and History of Fort Bend County. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas was published in 1900. Sowell died in 1921.

Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

Independently published

Life Of Big Foot Wallace

The Only Reliable History Of The Famous Frontiersman. Many Errors Of History Corrected. Facts Gathered By The Author From The Lips Of The Great Ranger Captain, Told In A Simple, Plain Manner, Without Romance Or Embellishments.

Life of Big Foot Wallace

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The Only Reliable History Of The Famous Frontiersman. Many Errors Of History Corrected. Facts Gathered By The Author From The Lips Of The Great Ranger Captain, Told In A Simple, Plain Manner, Without Romance Or Embellishments.

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Early Settlers And Indian Fighters Of Southwest Texas (2 Volumes)

Texas Indian Fighters: Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

Early settlers and Indian fighters of southwest Texas

Life of "Big Foot" Wallace: The Great Ranger Captain

Life of "Big Foot" Wallace: The Great Ranger Captain

Rangers and Pioneers of Texas: With a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles, and Wars, by Which Texas Was Rescued

Rangers and Pioneers of Texas: With a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles, and Wars, by Which Texas Was Rescued

Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

Life of Big Foot Wallace

Life Of Big Foot Wallace