I never could convince them that I could not go to the telegraph poles the same as they did and tell them what was said, or send a message for them to some chief far away, as they had often seen me use my traveling-instrument and cut into the line, sending and receiving messages.
Dodge recounts his struggle to explain the telegraph's function to Native Americans who misunderstood it.
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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.
There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.
There is no officer listening to me who did not see cruelties in the Civil War.
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