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Teddy Roosevelt: “The white settlers were unflinchingly bent on seizing the land over which the Indians roamed but which they did not in…”

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The white settlers were unflinchingly bent on seizing the land over which the Indians roamed but which they did not in any true sense own or occupy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote reflects the determination of white settlers to claim land that was traditionally inhabited by Native Americans.

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