They must also be taken into account when we seek to explain why it was possible but a little later to develop out of the frontiersmen fighting armies which under competent generals could overmatch the red coat and the Indian alike.
Roosevelt explains how the frontiersmen eventually evolved into effective fighting forces under competent leadership.
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