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Big Foot Wallace's Battle With Indians on the Nueces
The 1850 engagement near the Nueces involved Big Foot Wallace with twenty Rangers under Hardee. After a long fight against about one hundred Indians, Wallace's force killed twenty two and wounded fifteen, securing water at a contested camp and pursuing retreating foes before night. The medicine man was killed, and several named participants are listed.
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Billy Johnson
Jim Brown
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Jack Tannehill
Edward Westfall
William Rice
Bib Miller
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