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"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."
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"Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?"

"Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you."

"It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people."

"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy."

"Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place."

"A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was."

"The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route."

"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."

"I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms."
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