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The dangers they ran and the hardships they suffered in no wise approached those undergone and overcome by the iron-willed, iron-limbed hunters who first built their lonely cabins on the Cumberland and Kentucky.
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Editor's note · Context
This quote compares the hardships faced by new settlers to those endured by the earlier pioneers, highlighting the latter's greater resilience.
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