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For this failure they must receive hearty condemnation, and be adjudged to have forfeited much of the respect to which they were otherwise entitled by their strong traits, and their deeds of daring.
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Roosevelt critiques the failure of border people to adequately punish crimes against Native Americans, emphasizing the need for accountability.
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