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his is how our state was born
Of Winchester rifle and powder horn,
Janey's expedition and whisper of "gold"
Heavy to get, and light to hold;
Of bearded plainsman and hickory shirt,
The covered wagon and crinolin skirt.
Custer's men with jingling spurs
And roving adventurers
Streaming here from the ends of earth
To-give a prairie empire birth.
Treaties signed, and the terrible Sioux
Yet the overland stage came through.
People dead on the journey here
Others safe in old Fort Pierre.
This was the way a people bold
Came seeking land-and yellow gold.
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SOLD BY L. B. HOLLISTER, IMPORTER & JOBBER, LEAD, SO. DAK.
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