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"This way, gentlemen, if you please. Come right on board the Declaration. I am the man from Oregon, with dispatches to the President of these United States, that you all read about in this mornings paper. Come on board, ladies and gentlemen, if you want to hear the news from Oregon. Ive just come across the plains, two months from the Columbia River, where the Injuns are killing your missionaries. Those passengers who come aboard the Declaration shall hear all about it before they get to Pittsburg. Dont stop thar, looking at my old wolf-skin cap, but just come aboard, and hear what Ive got to tell!"
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Joseph Meek
