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food in our land " he said that he would go with me to my 

 home. But when the time of departure came, both he and 

 his comrade — for we had been commissioned by the United 

 States Government to select two natives who were to be 

 brought to the States and educated — drew back and could 

 not be induced to forsake the many charms of their ances- 

 tral home under the midnight sun. 



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