But the missionaries who had done so much for them had also done one thing which more than offset it all: for they had taught them not to defend themselves, and had thus exposed the poor beings who trusted their teaching to certain destruction.
Roosevelt critiques the missionaries' influence on Native Americans, highlighting the dangers of their teachings.
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