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Excerpt from Advancing the Ohio Frontier: A Saga of the Old NorthwestThe tendency of the conquering race to belittle, or distort theaccomplishments of their former enemies, is unfortunate. This atti' tude the author has aimed to avoid and to endeavor always to extricate the true story from the confusing, and Often contradictory, mass of tradition and broken border records. In spite of the blood, thirsty stories there is much in the life and practices Of the American Indians that deserves commendation, and one has the suspicion that their distinctive finer qualities were Often suppressed under the pressure of a relentless and greedy foe endeavoring to seize and occupy their ancient homes and hunting grounds and thus drive them farther and still farther to the rougher and less desirable sections of a rapidly expanding state.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.