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