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Indeed, it is more than likely that most of this advance guard of the westward-marching American people never had heard of such treaties until the Government's puny attempt to enforce them.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Indeed, it is more than likely that most of this advance guard of the westward-marching American people never had heard…”
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Beveridge suggests that many settlers were unaware of government treaties with Native Americans during their expansion.
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