Describes Indian fights and the activities of many famous Texas Rangers on the frontier of Texas during the late 19th century, including information about Texas Ranger Bigfoot Wallace and entries on Henri Castro, the founder of Castroville, and Mrs. Hannah Berry's description of her encounters with Davy Crockett and Josiah Wilbarger.

Reprint. Originally published: Austin, Tex. : B.C. Jones & Co., Printers, 1900. Material for this book was drawn from interviews with men and women who had lived on the frontier and experienced life in this region.

Benjamin F. Highsmith -- Captain John Tom -- Captain James W. Winters -- Mrs. Hannah Berry -- "Big Foot" Wallace -- Mrs. Sarah J. Kinchaloe -- Nichalus Haby -- Henry Castro -- A. J. Davenport -- Joseph Conrads -- Castro's Diary. Part I -- Castro's Diary. Part II -- Castro's Diary. Part III -- Castroville Founded -- Joseph Burrell -- Incident of Ranger Life -- Louis Haller -- Judge Bernhard Brucks -- Incident in the Life of Col. J. C. Carr -- John L. Mann -- Robert Watson -- Herbert Weynand -- John W. Patterson -- John Reinhart -- Captain H. J. Richarz -- Gideon Thompson -- Captain Malcolm Van Pelt -- Jack Miller -- August Rothe -- J. W. Gardner -- Jesse Lawhon Killed by Indians -- Early Settlers of Atascosa County -- Mrs. R. D. Kennedy -- Joseph M. Van Pelt -- Indian Fight on Dove Creek -- A Frontier Tragedy -- Fight with Indians and Rangers -- Incidents of Frontier Life -- Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of D'Hanis -- Richard M. Ware -- Aunt Mary Davenport -- J. A. Boales -- F. G. Tinsley -- Thomas Galbreath -- Jack Hays -- Mrs. M. A. Binnion -- Capture of Matilda Lockhart and the Putnam Children by Indians -- Rev. E. A. Briggs -- Rudolph Charobiny. Mexican War Veteran -- E. D. Westfall -- Henry Brucks -- Herman Huehner -- Indian Fight in Sabinal Canyon -- "Doke" Bowles -- W. M. Bramlett. Mexican War Veteran -- Two Fights Between Rangers and Indians -- Canyon De Uyalde -- James Bowie's Old Fort -- Early History of Guadalupe County -- Massacre of the Peddlers and Battle of El Blanco -- Old Settlers of D'Hanis -- History of the Settlement of D'Hanis -- Old Settlers -- Y. P. Outlaw -- Mrs. Nancy Kelley -- Mrs. Mahala Jones -- L. C. Davenport -- Seco Smith -- Jacob Haby -- Henry Shane -- Killing of James Winters by Indians -- Trailing Indians -- M. C. Click -- Last Indian Raid in Frio Canyon -- Amasa Clark -- Killed an Indian -- F. L. Hicks -- Calahan's Expedition -- Mrs. C. A. Witt -- Joe Wilton -- Xavier Wanz -- J. B. Wernette -- Judge James M. Hunter -- Ed English -- Henry Hartman -- J. M. Adams -- Frank Buckalew Captured by Indians -- Berry C. Buckalew -- Lon Moore -- The Cox Family as Indian Fighters -- Desperate Run for Life -- Ed Taylor -- John Leakey -- C. G. Jarvis -- Capt. John H. Rogers -- Judge M. F. Lowe -- Captain Alonzo Reese -- Battle Between Rangers and Indians -- Disastrous Battle with Indians in Kerr County -- Ross Kennedy -- The Forty Immigrants from Darmstadt -- J. D. Fenley -- Death of Capt. Philip Dimmitt -- Trailing Indians -- Judge Henry Maney -- Captured as an Indian -- Dr. J. C. Nowlin -- Jack Hardy Captured by Indians -- Camp Verde -- Rev. A. L. James -- Capt. Neal Colwell -- Frontier Incidents -- Fight Between Settlers and Indians -- Charles Peters -- Paul Voght -- Col. J. C. Carr -- Col. J. C. ("Locomotive") Carr's First Courtship in "Arkansaw" -- The Siege and the Fall of the Alamo -- Col. T. F. Sevier -- Capt. Fred Metzger -- The Gilleland Children Captured by Indians -- The Etter Family -- Theodore the Shepherd Killed by Indians -- Watkins an Richardson Killed by Indians -- Ancestors of the Author -- The Lost Valley Fight -- Creed Taylor -- M. Saatoff -- John E. Wilson -- Jack Huffman -- Mrs. Amanda L. Scull -- R. H. Burney -- Conclusion.