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Hostilities there have grown out of the avarice of the white man, who has violated our treaty stipulations in his search for gold.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “Hostilities there have grown out of the avarice of the white man, who has violated our treaty stipulations in his search…”
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Grant addresses the impact of white settlers' greed on treaty violations regarding Native American lands.
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