Read more about the life of Andrew Mather
in the Book by Captain Jeff Maltby Frontier Life in Texas with the Texas Rangers http://www.archive.org/details/captainjefforfro00maltrich CHAPTER IX, page 73 Sergeant Andrew Mather
is sent on a scout in Callahan county; Camps near Caddo Peak. John
Parsons is sent out to kill a deer for meat, encounters Big Foot and
band, makes his celebrated shot, Big Foot dodges the bullet and makes
his escape.
CHAPTER XII, page 85 Sargeant Mather is sent on a scout in Runnels county in which discipline, coupled with individual bravery, kills the largest bear in West Texas with a bowie knife. |