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This is the only mode by which collisions with other tribes and with the whites can be avoided and the safety of our frontier settlements secured.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson discusses the necessity of maintaining peace between tribes and settlers to protect frontier settlements.

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