They preferred to see the savages at peace with the Americans, provided that in this way they could keep their lands; but, whether through peace or war, they wished the lands to remain Indian, and the Americans to be barred from them.
Roosevelt outlines the British preference for peace with Native Americans as long as it served their interests in land retention.
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