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majority of those you meet out here are greasy, sallow | majority of those you meet out here are greasy, sallow | ||
complected, jaundiced looking specimens of humanity, | complected, jaundiced looking specimens of humanity, | ||
half starved and with a chronic | half starved and with a chronic expression of liver | ||
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cowardice and kept out of contact of [strike] with Victorio and his warriors is a willful lie and my friend forgot when he made the statement, that he was making it to quite a number of colored ex-soldiers of your city who would not fail to deny the accusation. The colored troops have exhibited the noblest courage on more than one occasion and the taunt of cowardice illy suits a class of men who generally expose themselves unnecessarily to the fire of the enemy.
As to the beautiful Mexican ladies my fellow townsman mentions, I think he must have become enamored with the "Yellow Rose of Texas", for I confess during
my many years of service on the frontier I have never seen a beautiful Mexican woman. I have met with a few fair looking ones, but the larger majority of those you meet out here are greasy, sallow complected, jaundiced looking specimens of humanity, half starved and with a chronic expression of liver complaint. If my friend I wont quarrel with him over
And now in conclusion let me
once more by stating these in Western Texas molested by for the simple reason that the by General Grierson to confine ares of the most God-forsaken the United States, and when