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As for the Government's treaties or agreements of any kind with the Indian tribes, they, of course, amounted to nothing in the opinion of the frontiersmen.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “As for the Government's treaties or agreements of any kind with the Indian tribes, they, of course, amounted to nothing…”
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Beveridge comments on the disregard frontiersmen had for government treaties with Native American tribes.
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