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Pioneer Life in Oceana Co.
they declined to receive it, because, as they contended, the amount offered was too small. The more they smoked and talked over it, the more determined they appeared to be. Fina'ly, the agent, remembering that "a soft answer turneth away wrath, " ordered two fat oxen, ten bushels of potatoes and other food in proportion, which were prepared by the Indians, and cooked, under the direction of the agent,
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