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As soon as the sugar, coffee, powder, lead, etc., that we give them, is gone, they make war to get us to give them more.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “As soon as the sugar, coffee, powder, lead, etc., that we give them, is gone, they make war to get us to give them more.”
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Dodge explains that once supplies are depleted, Native Americans may resort to conflict to obtain more resources.
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It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.
It is the duty of every companion here, as well as of every good citizen, to enter his protest against these unjust attacks.
I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
There is no officer listening to me who did not see cruelties in the Civil War.
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