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This made it clear to me that my suspicion was right; and that whatever they pretended of meeting to learn good things, the real purpose was to consult how to cheat Indians in the price of beaver.
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Franklin reflects on the true motives behind a meeting he attended, revealing a critique of dishonesty in trade.
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