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Teddy Roosevelt: “Every tree trunk was a breastwork ready prepared for battle; every bush, every moss-covered boulder, was a defence…”

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Every tree trunk was a breastwork ready prepared for battle; every bush, every moss-covered boulder, was a defence against assault, from behind which, themselves unseen, they watched with fierce derision the movements of their clumsy white enemy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt describes the natural advantages that the forest provided to Native Americans in combat situations against white settlers.

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