... savages. Both the French and the Dutch were living with the Indians and dealing with the same trials and tribulations as everyone else. Because they were so small of a power, just about fifty-thousand compared to the one million English, the French depended on the Indians to play a role both against other tribes and against the English. The French people, although using their Indian companions as real life puppets by befriending them and having them do what the French wanted, kept ... was in full swing and the French had connections in the north with tribes such as the Micmac, Algonquin...

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... . Treaties were often signed after warfare, when terms could be dictated. Modern historians see even the famous treaties with the Iroquois confederacy not simply in terms of rights, but as part of British political strategies designed to deal with the French and with the other tribes further inland. The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. But it also clearly involves European colonial powers seeking to gain rights from ... lines on the issue of treaty rights. They agreed with the decision in the court below which enforced the federal legislation. However, the most impor...

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