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You got half of your territory here by warfare upon redmen, usually…

Quote byDeskaheh · 1873–1925

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Last speech, March 10 1925.

English (original)

You got half of your territory here by warfare upon redmen, usually unprovoked, and you got about a quarter of it by bribing their chiefs, and not over a quarter of it did you get openly and fairly. You might have gotten a good share of it by fair means if you had tried.

— Deskaheh

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