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"I Am Already Quite a Texan"
from Camp as plain as ever. We are tonight encamped at the head of
cafion containing water. I have been out on the hills looking for our
course tomorrow. Dinner will soon be ready & I must say adieu.
Thursday-Aug 23-In Camp-Near Mitre Peak-We had a beau-
tiful moonlight [sic] night last night & spent some time gazing at the
stars through a powerful telescope we carry with us to see the Indians
upon the distant hills. Early this morning we were in the saddle c all
day long we have been riding over a vast plain which we have found
among the mountains. Sometimes we raced after antelope 8& at others
we jogged quietly along talking. We are encamped now near a high
mountain which is plainly visible from the post. I expect to go in to-
morrow. We came today to this spot at which the "Rifles" camped after
their fruitless pursuit of the Indians & we rode over the ground to see
the vestiges of their stay. We wandered over the hills for a long time
today. The guide, a [M]exican, said there was water near us but on
close examination said it was six miles off! A blunder which has inter-
fered with our plans. I am lying on my bed again as I write to you. I
expect to finish this within the Fort.
Aug. 26. My Dear James: Here I am safe in Fort Davis. We climbed
Mitre Peak which was thought to be inaccessible in the day after I wrote
above. I may send you a full description. At present I must write to
others who will claim some share of my attention.
Very truly Yr friend. Albert J. Myer
Fort Davis, Sept 6. 1855
My dear James:
I propose in my next epistle to give you further narrative of my
"life and adventures." In this I have only to ask you to hand the en-
closed to Miss Kate.
I came very near revisiting Hamburg but for most doleful reasons.
I am very thankful that there is no necessity for me to do so. Compli-
mentary that! To the best of my recollection I never before required
any great degree of compulsion to travel in that direction. However[,]
after scaling Mitre Peak[,] before pronounced inaccessible[,] and after
tearing around the country as I have been doing[,] I can hardly "certify
on honor"-an officer's oath-that I am either ill or require "leave" to
recuperate. If there was not this obstacle I find another, equally grave,
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