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Page 195 - If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. If he saw any live fighting Indians, it was more than I did, but I had a good many bloody struggles with the mosquitoes; and although I never fainted from loss of blood, I can truly say I was often very hungry.
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| Title | The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin |
| Author | Charles Eugene Hamlin |
| Publisher | Printed at the Riverside Press, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 10, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0722291280, 9780722291283 |
| Length | 627 pages |
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