BIG FOOT WALLACE
HIS REMAINS REACH AUSTIN FROM FRIO COUNTY
High Honor and Tribute Paid To The Noble Character and
Services of the Texas Hero
JOINT COMMITTEE OF HOUSE AND SENATE MEET THE BODY
Representative Tarver's Eloquent Tribute Before the
Remains Were Interred - The day's Happenings at Austin.
Austin, Tex., Feb 25 - A high honor and tribute were paid
to the noble character and services of the late "Big Foot" Wallace upon the
arrival of that Texas hero's remains here this afternoon from Frio County for
interment in the State cemetery. The joint committee of the House and Senate, who
had charge of the removal of the body, were at the depot. In addition to this
committee a large delegation of Terry Rangers and several hundred Confederate
veterans were present and escorted the remains to the State cemetery, where they
were laid to their final rest. At the cemetery, Rev. Wright of the First
Presbyterian Church, conducted a brief, but impressive service.
Representative Tarver, the author of the bill providing
for the removal of the remains was called upon for a few remarks. He responded as
follows:
"Before us lie the remains of one whose lineage traces
directly to the Wallaces and Bruces of Scotland; the remains of one who in
response to a message that his elder brother had been killed in the Goliad
massacre in 1836, came to Texas and enlisted in the cause of the struggling heroes
of that period. The remains of one whose rifle was never placed in the rack until
the last savage had been driven from the soil of the Lone Star State; the remains
of one of those illustrious heroes who participated in the Mier expedition and by
God's grace drew a white bean, and who afterward went through all the horrors of
the Perote prison in Mexico. He was one of the immortal band who stormed and
captured the bishops palace in Monterey in the Mexican War of 1848.
"Of one whose whole life was a sacrifice to duty, and who,
at the age of 84 years died without a single enemy in the world, The State of
Texas had honored itself in having his remains placed in the State cemetery at
Austin. His name and fame are indelibly impressed on every page of the earlier
history of our Empire State."