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from the Indians and by treaty from Spain, France, 

 and England, and which had been partially explored, 

 were not yet entirely our own. Much had been ac- 

 complished by the deeds of the Indian-fighters, 

 treaty-makers, and wilderness-wanderers; far more 

 had been accomplished by the steady push of the 

 settler folk themselves, as they thrust ever westward, 

 and carved States out of the forest and the prairie; 

 but much yet remained to be done before the West 

 would reach its natural limits, would free itself 

 forever from the pressure of outside foes, and would 

 fill from frontier to frontier with populous common- 

 wealths of its own citizens. 



