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Teddy Roosevelt: “This last point is curious as showing how instantly and naturally the colonists succeeded not only to the lands of the…”

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This last point is curious as showing how instantly and naturally the colonists succeeded not only to the lands of the Indians, but also to their habits of thought; regarding intrusion by outsiders upon their hunting-grounds with the same jealous dislike so often shown by their red-skinned predecessors.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt notes the colonists' adoption of the Native Americans' attitudes towards land and hunting rights.

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