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opened and revealing a group of Indians witli a drum, may have been 

 considered " in form like that which the god first erected for the 

 purposes." 



IX TEXAS 



About the l)eginning of October, 1848, Captain Eastman left Fort 

 Snelling. where he had served so many years, and passed down the 

 Mississippi to N^ew Orleans. By the latter part of November he had 

 arrived at San Antonio, but it is not known what route he had fol- 

 lowed from Louisiana. He remained but a short time in San Antonio, 

 then went some 65 miles north to Camp Houston, which had been 

 established by the American forces near the town of Fredericksburg, 

 where he remained until March 10. 1849. 



While in and about San Antonio Captain Eastman made some very 

 beautiful ])encil and water-color sketches several of which are now 

 reproduced. One small pencil sketch of the Alamo, dated Novem- 

 l)er 22, 1848, bears this legend: " Front view of the Chapel in the 

 Alamo, at San Antonio, Texas. David Crocket and 167 Texians 

 were slain in this building l)y the Mexicans during the Texian Revo- 

 lution.'' A few days later Eastman made the small water-color draw- 

 ing which is now reproduced in Plate 13. This is signed with his 

 initials and bears the date " Dec. 1848." Likewise on X'^ovember 22, 

 1848, he made a pencil sketch of a ruined tower on which he wrote: 

 " Old ]\Iexican lookout or watch tower at San Antonio, Texas, Two 

 miles from the Alamo." A water-color drawing was later made of 

 the ruin, a photograph of which is reproduced in Plate 13. Figure 2. 

 This is signed '* S. Eastman, 1849." He also made a very beautiful 

 pencil sketch of the " Mission Chapel of the Conception at San An- 

 tonio, Texas. Xov. 28. 1848," signed " S. Eastman, L-. S. Army." 

 These are of the greatest historical interest. 



Sketches made in the Aicinity of Camp Houston, near Fredericks- 

 burg, show the quaint structures which had been reared by the German 

 settlers, and scenes in and near the village. The live oaks which at- 

 tain great size at Fredericksburg and in the surrounding country, 

 attracted much attention and were often sketched but, unfortunatelv. 

 the artist evinced little interest in the few Indians with whom he 

 came in contact. 



Captain Eastman reached Washington during the winter of 1849- 

 1850, where he remained more than five years preparing the numer- 

 ous illustrations for Schoolcraft's work, " History. Conditions and 

 Future Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States." For 

 this purpose he made a great number of small water-color pictures, 



