June 17th express letter.

Robert Braun Moderator < Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera. > Posts: 1,377	June 17th express letter. Apr 2, 2003 16:47:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Robert Braun on Apr 2, 2003 16:47:59 GMT -5 The text of one of the first battle reports from Col. Henry Dodge, as written by Captain Francis Gehan at Fort Union, may be read on the OLRHS website: www.geocities.com/old_lead/pecletter01.htm
	"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom...crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" --Samuel Adams