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Rough, masterful, lawless, they were neither daunted by the prowess of the red warriors whose wrath they braved, nor awed by the displeasure of the Government whose solemn engagements they violated.
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Roosevelt describes the fearless and rebellious nature of the frontiersmen in the face of danger.
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