The valley of the Ohio already belonged to the Americans by right of conquest and of armed possession; it was held by rifle-bearing backwoods farmers, hard and tenacious men, who never lightly yielded what once they had grasped.
This quote highlights the determination of early American settlers in claiming land through conquest.
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The boundaries of said National Forest are now as shown on the said diagram.
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