The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, July 1978 - April, 1979 Page: 27
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"I Am Already Quite a Texan"
in Myer's accounts of army life, as is his low regard for Indians and
Mexicans. Myer's abhorrence of the Rangers, and the Erie Canal driv-
ers with whom he compares them, also makes eminently clear his class
prejudices.
Only those letters that provide commentary on Myer's Texas are re-
produced here. Deleted are those that briefly transmit a letter to be
passed on to Catherine Walden ("Miss Kate"), report Myer's illness, or
otherwise have little narrative substance. The whereabouts of Myer's
letters to James Walden after May, 1856, if any existed, are unknown;
they may have been caught in the culling of his papers that preceded
their donation to the Library of Congress. The letters are reproduced
with only such minor changes in paragraphing and punctuation as are
needed to make them comprehensible.
Texas, near Corpus Christi
Camp "Souta" Nov 15, 1854
My dear James:
I send you a very rough pen sketch* of the tent from which I write.
It is called a "wall tent" and is such as officers use. The men are housed
in tents like this-of which there are sixty to contain 400 men. Of
*All sketches ale reproduced from the original letters in the Myer Collection. Courtesy
the Library of Congress.
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