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Teddy Roosevelt: “Every settlement had its colonels and captains; but these officers, both in their training and in the authority they…”

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Every settlement had its colonels and captains; but these officers, both in their training and in the authority they exercised, corresponded much more nearly to Indian chiefs than to the regular army men whose titles they bore.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt notes the informal leadership structure in frontier settlements, comparing it to that of Native American tribes.

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