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They saw their homes destroyed, their wives outraged, their children captured, their friends butchered and tortured wholesale by Indians armed with British weapons, bribed by British gold, and obeying the orders of British agents and commanders.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote illustrates the severe impact of British-aligned Indian attacks on American frontier families.

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