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There are, first, our Indians, aborigines of the soil, split into tribes, possessing a barbarous independence, but through this perverse influence kept in constant strife, with small chance of improvement.
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Sumner describes Native Americans as tribes caught in conflict due to their independence and lack of improvement.
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