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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF IOWA.
A RECORD
OF THE
COMMEMORATION
OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
SETTLEMENT OF IOWA,
HELD AT BURLINGTON,
JUNE 1, 1883.
BURLINGTON : HAWKEYE BOOK AND JOB PRINTING HOUSE. 1883.
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INDEX.
PAGE.
ORDER OF THE CELEBRATION:
Preliminary Arrangements-Officers. 5
The Day, and the People-The Decorations. 6
The Firemen's Parade -- Water Works Display. 8
The Procession .. 9
Prayer by Wm. Salter. 10
Presentation of a Hickory Cane to the President of the Celebration by Hon. B. J. Hall, 10
Address by the Honorable A. C. Dodge 12
Oration by Hon. John Craig. 23 Music by the Aledo Ladies' Band. 35
Address and poem by John W. Du Bois 36
Address by Dr. Wmn. R. Ross. 37
Remarks by Gov. Buren R. Sherman 38
Address of Hon. George Wallace Jones 38
Address of Solomon Perkins 39
Remarks of Suel Foster 40
EXERCISES AT THE WEST STAND:
Address of Hon. A. G. Adams. 42
Address of Hon. W. W. Belknap 43
AAddress of Hon. C. F. Davis. 44
Address of Col. J. C. Parrott. 15
Address of Col. Barlow Granger 15
Address of Hon. P. M. Casady
46
Address of Richard Spencer 47
Address of Dr. J. N. Shaffer. 48
Address of G. C. Duffield 49
Remarks of Charles J. Dodge 50
Remarks of J. W. Burdette.
50
Address of J. D. M. Hamilton .51
Address of Hon. D. M. Clark 51
EXERCISES AT THE NORTH STAND:
Remarks of Thomas Hedge Jr 52
Address of Edwin Manning 53
Remarks of Rev. W. F. Cowles. .55
Address of W. B. Culbertson. 56
Introduction of Henry Moore. .57
Address of Hon. John Van Valkenburg.
.57
Address of Hon. W. C. Hobbs.
.59
Remarks of T. S. Parvin.
.61
Remarks of Hon. G. W. Jones ..
63
Old Settlers-a list of names reported.
65
The Regatta. 66
The Evening-Fire Works-Boat Club reception .. 67
Semi-Centennial Praise Service June 3d. 69
Address by the Honorable A. C. Dodge 70
CORRESPONDENCE:
Hon. Geo. Wright 76
Hon. Edward Johnstone. 76
Hon. S. J. Kirkwood 76
Hon. C. C. Nourse 76
Hon. W. H. Leas. 77
A. H. Box. 77
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INDEX.
Hon. Erskine M. Phelps. 77
Hon. Wm. F. Vilas.
77
George Washington Jones 78
Hon. James Grant.
.78
Wm. H. Fleming.
79
A. W. Harlan.
79
Hon. A. J. Holmes.
80
Mrs. Dr. Hay.
.80
Hon. John Logan.
81
Col. Peter Parkinson, Jr
81
George Viele Lauman 82
Thomas McKee. 82
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks
82
W. B. Green,
84
Gen. James A. Williamson 85
Mrs. Avis Prentice Stanley
85 .85
Hon. Morgan Lewis Martin
87
Hon. Geo. D. Rand.
88
Hon. James F. Wilson
89
Hon. John R. Reding
90
Hon. Alvin Saunders.
91
Hon. Firmin A. Rozier
91
D. Sheward.
92
John W. Haney
93
Geo. L. Davenport.
94
Capt. George B. Cole
95
Gen, A. G. Edwards
95
HIon. W. B. Allison.
96
John Carroll Walsh
97
Geo. Berry
97 98
John I. Redic.
99
Hon. James Hagerman
.99
Col. Wm. H. Merritt.
100
Hon. N. C. Deering.
100
L. Parkhurst and Lady
101
Hon. James W. Davidson 101
Mrs. M. M. Aldrich 102
Judge H. B. Hendershott. 102
Rev. Wmn. Corby. 102
The Semi-Centennial Poet. 103
James S. Smallwood 103
Acknowledgements. 104
Hon. J. K. Graves ..
James Putman
89
Dr. Gideon S. Bailey
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SETTLEMENT OF IOWA.
PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.
At a meeting of the citizens of Burlington, held April 20, 1883, at the Board of Trade Rooms, to take the initial steps for a fitting Cel- ebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Iowa, Hon. A. G. Adams was called to the chair, and on motion of Hon. Ly- man Cook it was
Resolved, That the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Birthday of Iowa be celebrated in Burlington on Friday, the first day of June next, and that an Executive Committee, with General Dodge as Chairman, be appointed to carry the resolution into effect.
The Committee was constituted as follows :
Hon. A. C. Dodge, Hon. John Patterson, Hon. Lyman Cook, Hon. John G. Foote, Robert Donahue, John W. Burdette.
The Committee immediately proceeded to the duty assigned them Pursuant to their arrangements, and with the hearty co-operation of various Committees, of the citizens of Burlington, and of a great com- pany of people from different portions of the State, the first day of June, 1883, was made a Gala-Day. A record of the Celebration is given in the following pages.
OFFICERS OF THE CELEBRATION.
President, Hon. A. C. Dodge; Vice Presidents, Hon. A. G. Adams, Thomas Hedge, Jr.
COMMITTEE ON INVITATION.
Hon. A. C. Dodge, Ch'n., Hon. John H. Gear, Thomas Hedge, Sr., E. D. Rand, Hon. John Patterson, C. E. Perkins, Chas. Starker, Hon. C. H. Phelps, Hon. A. H. Stutsman, Hon. David Rorer, T. L. Parsons, J. W. Burdette.
CHAIRMEN OF OTHER COMMITTEES.
On Finance, Hon. Lyman Cook; on Transportation, W. W. Baldwin; on Decoration, R. M. Washburn; on River Excursions, George W. Vinton; on Boat Club Program, Thomas Hedge, Jr .; on Music, James A. Guest; on Printing, C. C. Fowler; on Water Works Display, J. C. McKell; on Entertainment, S. H. Jones; on Arrange- ments, Hon. J. Patterson; on Reception, Hon. John Zaiser.
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THE DAY AND THE PEOPLE.
The morning dawned bright, clear, and cool. The auspicious and favorable weather was hailed with general joy. The people began streaming into the city at an early hour from the surrounding coun- try, and on the trains and steamboats from every direction. The early trains were jammed with people, though additional coaches had been provided. The special trains brought thousands of visitors. On all the branch roads large delegations came in. On many of the trains, flat and box cars were attached to accommodate the crowd.
Business was generally suspended. The people entered into the Cel- ebration with ardor and enthusiasm. The streets and public places were alive with a countless throng. The crowds were always good natured; order was universal. None were excited by the inconven- iences incident to such an occasion, except to witty repartee and good humor. Never were the people of a city more cordial and sin- cere in their efforts to make a public festival pleasant to all comers, and no host could entertain a more delightful party of guests.
The various bands furnished music from an early hour in the morn- ing until late at night, and every one was supremely happy. The day passed without an accident or unpleasant feature. Headquarters were at Grimes' Opera House, where baggage was checked free of charge, and other conveniences were provided.
THE DECORATIONS.
There was a varied and brilliant display of decorations; bright flags and thousands of yards of bunting fluttered in the breeze from every building in the business portion of the city, and from many private residences on the hills. The street cars, carriages and vehi- cles sported the stars and stripes. The merchants vied with each other in the extent and elaborateness of their displays, making a har- monious whole. The city was a veritable bower of beauty, so hand- some and striking were the decorations; while appropriate and beau- tiful devices with streamers of red, white, and blue were every where exhibited, with a profusion of flowers, evergreens and other trees.
The Mottoes were painted upon quarter inch iron frames, covered with muslin, and decorated with red, white, and blue, and evergreens.
At the Railway station, visitors were welcomed with banners bear- ing the inscription :
"WE GREET YOU.
FLINT HILLS, 1833.
BURLINGTON, 1883."
At the foot of Jefferson street (Steamboat Landing),
"WELCOME TO ALL; PIONEERS, OLD SETTLERS AND EVERY ONE, THRICE WELCOME.''
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On Main street, at the corner of Division street, a banner floated in the breeze with two large keys and the inscription :
"FREEDOM OF THE CITY; TAKE POSSESSION."
At the Railway crossing, Main and Market streets,
"WILDERNESS, IS33; FIRST TRAIN WEST, FEBRUARY, 1856; WHAT HATH TIME WROUGHT?"
"ONE HUNDRED TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART DAILY; IOWA, 6800 MILES OF RAILROAD; RAILROADS REACH EVERY COUNTY SEAT."
At the corner of Main and Valley streets, a picture of an ox team drawing a prairie schooner, with the words over them :
"GO WEST, YOUNG MAN."
On the reverse, a beautiful residence, with fountains and flowers, and the inscription :
"FIFTY YEARS AFTER."
A banner bore the inscription, "Big Injun, 1833" with the head of an Indian, and on the reverse, "Black Hawk-Peace to his Ashes." Another banner was inscribed, "First engine in Burlington, J. C. Hall"; and on the reverse a C. B. & Q. Mogul locomotive. Other inscriptions were :
"Flint Hills, 1833; (clasped hands) Glad to see you; Shake! Bur- lington, 1883."
"Shokokon, Flint Hills; After Fifty years, Burlington, the Orchard City; We Greet you."
"Burlington at Home; All are welcome; We receive to-day. "Good Luck to all" (encircling an enormous horse shoe).
At Main and Washington streets (Telegraph office), "Slow coach, 1833;" The Hawkeye State; Telegraph, 1883."
The Hawkeye building displayed upon the cornice, the original name of the paper, "The Iowa Patriot," to which the present name was added Sept. 5, 1839.
The Gazette building was adorned with flags, evergreens, and a tablet with the inscription, "The oldest paper in Burlington", estab- lished in 1837.
On Jefferson street across Third, upon an elevated structure was a large star containing the word IOWA, with the date 1833-1883 on a medallion; above, "Fifty years, Half a century." On one side, a ban- ner reading, "How time flies!" while the other side answers "Well ! I should say so." The star and dates were pierced, and illuminated with gas in the evening.
At the intersection of Jefferson and Fourth streets, a large arch was erected, with evergreens and flags draped around and across. Sur- mounting the arch, was a monument with the inscription "Bunker Hill" and "1776". This also was handsomely illuminated. The Congregational church bore the legend "Organized 1838.", Four flags floated in the breezy air on the tower.
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Jefferson and Fifth streets-"Iowa the Beautiful; Iowa the Banner State ;. Iowa, This is the place."
"First White settlements; Dubuque, Buffalo, Burlington, Fort Mad- ison, Keokuk."
Jefferson and Sixth streets-"Our Aids, the Press; Our school sys- tem unsurpassed; Our Guide, the Pulpit; Our Commerce; Our Man- ufactures; Our Industries."
Third and Valley streets-"We all rejoice; Fiftieth Anniversary; Our Golden Wedding; Congratulations; Be Happy with us."
Third and Washington streets-"Great Seal of Iowa; Our Liber- ties we prize, and our rights we will maintain."
"Garden of the West; Paradise of Health; Education and Progress."
Fourth and Washington streets-Wm. R. Ross, First Postmaster; S. S. White, the Founder of Burlington; J. B. Gray proposed the Name."
Fourth and Columbia streets ;- "July 1836, First Brick House erected on this corner." (South east corner; first brick laid by hands of Hon. David Rorer.)
THE FIREMEN'S PARADE-WATER WORKS DISPLAY-
EXCURSIONS ON THE RIVER.
At 10 A. M. the Fire Department, led by Mr. William Franken, Chief Engineer, and Mr. Alloys Wilhelm, Assistant, with the hose carts, and the new wagon truck, all handsomely decorated with ever- greens and numerous national flags of all sizes, marched through the principal streets. The Aledo Ladies' Band in front wafted sweet music to the ears of the admiring multitude that thronged the line of march; the Burlington Brass Band bringing up the rear with many excellent airs.
On reaching the Des Moines County Court House, the Display of the City Water Works took place at II A. M .; a two and one half inch stream was thrown from the corner of Main and Columbia streets, and at 11: 15 A. M. five streams were playing simultaneously along Main street from Columbia on the north to Market on the south. A high wind at the time interfered considerably with the throwing of the water to a great height, but the display was very creditable. The two and one half inch stream thrown from the cor- ner of Main and Columbia Streets reached a height of something over one hundred feet.
The steamer Maggie Reaney afforded excursions on the Mississippi river during the day.
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THE PROCESSION.
At noon, the booming of fifty guns from the South Hill reverberat- ed over the city, and announced the Fifty Years completed since the removal by treaty of the confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes from this part of Iowa, and the opening of the land to settlement.
The procession formed at the Market House at one o'clock, and paraded north to Fifth on Jefferson street; east on Jefferson to Main street; south on Main to Vine strcet; (counter marched by file right) on Main north to Division street; west on Division to Third street; north on Third to Jefferson strect; west on Jefferson to Fourth street; North on Fourth street to the North Hill Park, in the following order:
FIRST DIVISION.
City Marshal, Chas. O. Streed, Chief of Police, J. O. Smyth, mounted. A Platoon of Police uniformed.
Chief Marshal, E. C. Blackmar, and his Orderly, Master Willie Potter. The Aledo Ladies' Band.
Governor of Iowa, Hon. Buren R. Sherman; Mayor of Burlington, Hon. John Zaiser; in open carriage drawn by four white horses. Pioneers of 1833; Old Settlers; Officers of the Hawk-Eye Pioneer and Old Settlers Association of Des Moines County; in twenty carriages. A Drum corps. SECOND DIVISION. Assistant Marshal, James A. Guest. The Orchard City Band. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Ancient Order of United Workmen, Loyal to the Supreme Lodge. The United Ancient Order of Druids.
THIRD DIVISION. Assistant Marshal, Newton R. Derby. The Burlington Brass Band.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Ottumwa and Burlington. The Knights of Pythias.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen (State Lodge). Sumner Lodge No. 3 (colored) Masons. The German Mutual Aid Society. The Swedish Gotha Society. The Monmouth Band, from Monmouth, Ill. The Grip Sack Brigade of Traveling Salesmen. The Fire Department.
At least two thousand persons marched in the procession. It was twelve blocks in length
At the North Hill Park three stands were erected; on the South side, near the south-east corner; on the west side; on the North side; in front of each stand long rows of seats were arranged:
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At the first stand General Dodge presided.
The following was the order of exercises :
PRAYER
By the Chaplain of the Day, William Salter.
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; We praise Thee, O God! We acknowledge Thee to be the Lord!
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. We thank Thee for this goodly land, that Thou hast blessed the settlement thereof, and given to Thy servants green fields, and pastures new, and cities fair, and happy homes, and schools and churches Thou hast rewarded industry and toil, and filled the land with wealth and plenty.
O Lord, all this store has come of Thy bounty. We laud and mag- nify Thy name. We thank Thee for the memories of this day, and for the good providence which in fifty years has turned a wilderness into a free and prosperous commonwealth.
We implore Thy blessing upon this commemoration of Thy won- derful work, upon the pioneers and early settlers, and beseech Thee to cheer the evening of their days with thy grace and favor, and with glad assurances that their labors are not in vain in the Lord.
In the midst of our joy and gladness, deliver us, O Lord, from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy, and may a due sense of thy mer . cies confirm our hearts in devotion and piety.
We beseech Thee to bless our rulers and magistrates, and help them to execute justice, and maintain public virtue and order. May vice and wickedness be driven away, and the blessings of knowledge, and of religion, pure and undefiled, be universally diffused. Be pleased to ameliorate human sorrow and woe, and give to every one a happy earthly lot in a sober, righteous and godly life. May the State of Iowa be filled with all things, true, and honest, and pure and lovely, and gain still higher measures of prosperity and honor.
Be pleased to grant, O, Lord, that our history for fifty years may commend the sacred principles of liberty, equality and fraternity to other lands, and encourage the disenthralment of all nations from op- pression and wrong. May there be peace everywhere on earth and good will among men, and glory dwell in our land, and salvation be the portion of our children and children's children to the end of time. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for- ever. Amen.
PRESENTATION OF A HICKORY CANE FROM THE "HERMITAGE" TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CELEBRATION, BY HON. B. J. HALL.
General Dodge :- Pardon a moment's interruption before proceed- ing to the regular order of the day. We all recognize in you the fit- ting Master of ceremonies, on this anniversary; but, for a moment,
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we must insist you shall not have all things your own way. In this semi-centennial celebration, when our citizens, the old settlers and the new, have met to illustrate and commemorate the beginning and the growth of our young but noble State, no one could have been called upon to preside, in whose life and character could be found more that was illustrative of the splendid spirit and noble purposes of our people, and their institutions, than in yours. To you, more than to most men, it is the pride and consolation of all who have known or know you-and who is there who does not know you ?- to turn with profoundest regard and admiration for a life of activity, energy, statesmanship and purity. To whatever station you have been called, whether on the field, in the Senate, or as the private citizen, you have faced the duties of the hour, and left undone nothing which it was in your power to accomplish. It is impossible to calculate the extent of your usefulness and influence in helping to realize the grand actuali- ties which present themselves before us to-day. The origin, organi- zation, and formation of the government of our early State; the pro- tection and fostering encouragement granted it by the Federal Gov- ernment; the policy of its laws and the humane character of its insti- tutions, owe a debt of gratitude to you, that none of us can express, much less repay. Remembering that when you first gave your ser- vices to your country, it was to defend this western frontier from the cruel and relentless savage, and reclaim these fair plains for the civil- ization that now possesses it; under the administration of that immortal statesman and warrior, who now sleeps in the shade of the Hermitage; one of your friends and admirers has begged through me, to tender you this beautiful staff, cut by him from the precincts where sleeps the immortal Jackson. Please accept it as an emblem of purity, strength and power. It is straight as the line of honor which is capable of no deviation; of white clear hickory, its quality is to endure, and resist all enforcement but that of duty. And may you live long to be supported by it. But to you, better than all such physical aid and support, will be and must be the consolation you ex- perience, when, in surveying that wonderful past, resting behind us in the last fifty years with all its marvelous growth and splendid de- velopement, you are conscious "that of much of this you have been a part, and all of it you have seen."
To which General Dodge rejoined :-
Acceptable, as unexpected, is the gift of which I am the honored re- cipient.
If the motives of the friendly donor whose name I cannot imagine, and the language of my Ciceronian friend, Hall, were not so kind and complimentary, I would say that it is cruel at this juncture thus to surprise and embarrass me.
The cane, its material (hickory) and the locality whence it comes (the grave of Jackson), all tend to impart inestimable value to this handsome present.
Would that my lips were touched with a spark of the Promethean
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fire, that I might express in language, beautiful as that in which I have been addressed, the feelings with which my heart swells on this occasion.
Having reached the steep declivity of human life and being now on its rapidly descending grade, I accept this cane, with a deep sense of gratitude to all through whose friendly hands it has come to me, and I shall use it as the staff of my declining years. I came here poor, I shall return home rich.
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAY, THE HONORABLE A. C. DODGE.
Ladies and Gentlemen :- Never to me was the performance of a duty more pleasing than that with which I am honored by my fel- low-townsmen upon this occasion. In their name and my own I ex- tend to you the hand of friendship, and offer you warm greetings and a most cordial welcome to the city of Burlington. Your presence in such large numbers upon this occasion is a source of pride and heart- felt gratification to us, and we sincerely hope may be equally pleas- ant to our visitors.
The day we celebrate is big with the destiny of Iowa. Deserv- ing forever to be remembered is that first day of June, 1833, for it de- creed that millions of freemen should find within her borders happy homes; yes,
"That spot of earth supremely blest, A nearer, dearer place than all the rest."
Iowa was born of the religious zeal of Marquette and Joliet, un- der the auspices of France. Beyond dispute, they were the first white men whose eyes ever beheld the Upper Mississippi and the land we inhabit, the signification of whose name is "None Such," or "This is the place"-Iowa.
The more southern portion, however, of our magnificent Valley was first seen by the brave but unfortunate Ferdinand De Soto, a repre- sentative of Spain, a Castilian by birth, and greatly distinguished as an officer under Pizarro, at the renowned conquest of Peru.
More than a century before the advent of the pious French Mis- sionaries, the brave but misguided De Soto (1541) led upwards of six hundred steel clad warriors from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the Missis- sippi. They'came sword in hand, through gloomy swamps, quagmires and almost impenetrable everglades, seeking springs whose waters it was represented would restore the beauty and activity of youth, and mountains containing the precious metals, such as he had seen in Peru and Mexico. Sorely pressed by sickness, starvation and Indian ene- mies, who contested his advance by all the means known to ·savage warfare, the doomed man and his little band finally reached the shores of our great river; not, however, to find in its sands the long sought gold, but a grave beneath its turbid waters, in which, by his own se- lection, in full uniform, he was appropriately buried May 21, 1542,
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below Memphis, Tenn. Except to afford Moscoso, successor of De Soto, and his few forlorn followers, less than half their original num- ber, an avenue of escape to the coast of Mexico, the discovery yielded no immediate benefit to Spain.
Next, after the ill-fated De Soto, to discover the Mississippi were James Marquette and Louis Joliet; they were French Catholic Mis- sionaries, were of another race and impelled by totally different mo- tives from those which animated the Spaniard. They came pro- claiming "peace on earth and good will to men"; and surely no mis- sionaries were ever more successful. Marquette, when told that they would be tomahawked by men who were always at war; that the great river itself was filled with horrid monsters which swallowed up men and canoes, and that the excessive heat would certainly cause his death, replied, that as far as the salvation of souls was concerned, he would be too happy to lay down his life in that cause. De Soto's ex- ploration afforded them no assistance. It was not then known that the two rivers were one and the same. With five men in two bark canoes, and a small supply of Indian corn and dried meat, Marquette and Joliet left the Straits of Mackinaw, May 13, A. D. 1673. Ascend- ing the waters of the St. Lawrence they worked their way up the Fox River from Green Bay, and overcoming all obstacles, not the least of which was the "Portage" (so-called), two miles in length between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, over which, on their shoul- ders, they transported their little crafts, and made historic forever the 17th of June, that being the day on which, "with joy unspeak- able," said Marquette, opposite the present city of McGregor, Iowa, they dipped their paddles in the "Father of Waters." Great River ! Like the ocean!
"Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow, Such as Marquette beheld, thou rollest now."
These remarkable men exhibited rare tact and talent in conciliating the savages with whom they came in contact, meeting them for the first time, June 25, within our borders at a noted feast upon the Des Moines. They are unquestionably entitled to the glory of the discov- cry of the Upper Mississippi, and of having navigated the same from the mouth of the Wisconsin to that of the Arkansas. This is worthy of special notice, because upon the result of their explorations the des- tiny of nations and states has been controlled. They were moreover beyond all question the first white men who ever trod the soil of Iowa. Neither fiction, poetry nor history display a heroism more lofty, an ambition more pure, and a faith more steadfast than that cxhibited by these brave and disinterested Christian Missionaries.
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