Blount told them plainly that he had the utmost difficulty in restraining the whites from taking vengeance for the numerous murders committed on the settlers, and warned them that if they wished to avert a war which would fall upon both the innocent and the guilty they must themselves keep the peace.
This quote reflects Roosevelt's perspective on the challenges of maintaining peace between settlers and Native Americans during conflicts.
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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