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Cliff Krainik
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ! - HENRY DODGE Jan 1, 2005 1:48:55 GMT -5

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Post by Cliff Krainik on Jan 1, 2005 1:48:55 GMT -5

Throughout the mining country men and women idolized Colonel Dodge, and they voiced their admiration in a singularly simple verse sung to the tune of Auld Land Syne -

If savage warfare be forgot,
And never more appear,
With hands upon our bosoms put
We'll say: Dodge shall live here!

THE STORY OF MINERAL POINT, 1827-1941. Mineral Point, Wis.: Mineral Point History Society, 1979. Originally compiled by the Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wisconsin, 1941. pp. 45-46

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HAPPY NEW YEAR ! - HENRY DODGE Jan 3, 2005 9:02:57 GMT -5

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Post by Robert Braun on Jan 3, 2005 9:02:57 GMT -5

Great quote, Cliff-- thanks! And Happy New Year to you and Michele!

I have often wondered about the source for that quote. I have also wondered about sources for speeches purportedly given at Mineral Point on the occasion of the establishment of the Wisconsin Territory, July 4, 1836.

Any thoughts?

Thanks... Bob.

"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