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But Frémont was a good leader followed by courageous men, and disappointments did not make weaklings of either him or his men. His party, on leaving Missouri, consisted of thirty-nine men Creoles, Canadian-Frenchmen, Americans, a German or two, a free negro and two Indians.

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