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Par une brûlante journée du mois d’août 1862, un petit steamer sillonnait paisiblement les eaux brunes du Minnesota. On pouvait voir entassés, pêle-mêle sur le pont, hommes, femmes, enfants, caisses, malles, paquets, et les mille inutilités indispensables à l’émigrant, au voyageur.
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