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The backwoodsmen were Americans by birth and parentage, and of mixed race; but the dominant strain in their blood was that of the Presbyterian Irish--the Scotch-Irish as they were often called.
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Roosevelt describes the mixed heritage of the backwoodsmen, highlighting their Presbyterian Irish roots.
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