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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864
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was shown by the poling dodge they have, a pole with a block of pullies pretty high up on it & the springs going round a block fixed hight on deck, a kind of crane to keep the pole steady in its place & then when this is in working the vessel is as if were lifted or pushed over the sand banks. Met with a missionary on board, he says the Indians hate the Yankees their name for them is a long word meaning "big knife." There were very hot political discussions, the vote of the passengers was taken 46 for Lincoln 26 for Mc'lellan 14 ------------ 80 ------------- were the numbers when the vote was taken coming up the river
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was shown by the poling dodge they have, a pole with a block of pullies pretty high up on it & the springs going round a block fixed hight on deck, a kind of crane to keep the pole steady in its place & then when this is in working the vessel is as if were lifted or pushed over the sand banks. Met with a missionary on board, he says the Indians hate the Yankees their name for them is a long word meaning "big knife." There were very hot political discussions, the vote of the passengers was taken 46 for Lincoln 26 for Mc'lellan 14 ------------ 80 ------------- were the numbers when the vote was taken coming up the river
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