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Teddy Roosevelt: “But their marvellous faculty for taking advantage of cover, and for fighting in concert when under cover, has always…”

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But their marvellous faculty for taking advantage of cover, and for fighting in concert when under cover, has always made the warlike tribes foes to be dreaded beyond all others when in the woods, or among wild broken mountains.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt acknowledges the unique combat skills of Indigenous tribes in wooded terrains, making them formidable opponents.

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