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The Federal Authorities Misjudge the Settlers. The people who were out of reach of the Indian tomahawk, and especially the Federal officers, were often unduly severe in judging the borderers for their deeds of retaliation, Brickell's narrative shows that the parties of seemingly friendly Indians who came in to trade were sometimes and indeed in this year 1791 it was probable they were generally composed of Indians who were engaged in active hostilities against the settlers, and who were always watching for a chance to murder and plunder.
Brickell's narrative corroborates these stories; the differences are such as would naturally be explained by the fact that different observers were writing of the same facts from memory after a lapse of several years. In their essentials the narratives are undoubtedly trustworthy.
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