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XVI

UNCLE SAM COUNTS THE COST

say that we Americans can squeeze a dollar until the eagle squawks. Maybe so, but we begin squeezing at the wrong end of the military eagle. For instance: What do you suppose it cost to disperse those 800 British regulars who from first to last made prisoners of Hull's army at Detroit, let loose the Northwestern Indians, routed and captured Winchester's command at Frenchtown, [98]