"The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them."

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Source : NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”

Nelson A. Miles

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“It has been a wonderful five years. I'm excited about the many projects we're working on as we move into year six, and I want to thank everyone for tuning in. We couldn't do it without you!”

Source : "Joan Rivers' 'resting comfortably' in hospital, daughter says" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. August 29, 2014.
“If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.”
“Ever since I met [my wife], my life has been different. I have what I want. I have my Jewel in Millie.”
“From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging of human rights and the abandonment of longstanding humanitarian principles. We need competent and responsible states to meet the needs of "we the peoples" for whom the UN was created. And the world's peoples will not be fully served unless peace, development and human rights, the three pillars of the UN, are advanced together with equal vigour.”
“Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.”
“I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film”
“I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.”
“Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand”

Source : 1695 Valentine. Love for Love, act 4, sc.21.

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