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This letter possessed at least the merit of expressing with blunt truthfulness the real attitude of the Franklin people, and of the backwoodsmen generally, towards the Indians.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This statement highlights Roosevelt's view on the candidness of the Franklin people's attitude towards Native Americans.

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