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Some of the most pleasant recollections of my childhood are associated with that brave, true man, who was a member of our family for many years, and was dearly beloved by us all.— 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
G.P. Belden, who also knew the Sioux thoroughly, having lived among them twelve years, wrote (270, 303-5) that "the days of her childhood are the only happy or pleasant days the Indian girl ever knows."— Primitive Love and Love-Stories
One of the treasured objects of my childhood is a Civil War bullet I bought at Harper's Ferry when I was ten years old.— AltWeeklies.com Site Feed
One of the happiest memories of my childhood is the little brook in the home field.— The Gray Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse
The village of our childhood is always a cherished spot, never to be effaced from our recollection.— Bramble-Bees and Others

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