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Grenville Dodge: “I predict that if more troops are not sent into this district immediately, this road will be stripped of every ranch and…”

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I predict that if more troops are not sent into this district immediately, this road will be stripped of every ranch and white man on it.
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

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Dodge predicts dire consequences if troop reinforcements are not sent soon.

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