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A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river
I see camps of soldiers here on its bank. These soldiers cut down my timber;
they kill my buffalo; and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel
sorry.
This statement was made in 1867. Which one of the following people made this
statement?
O a plantation owner at the end of the Civil War
O a Native American affected by westward expansion
O a California rancher during the Mexican-American War
O a sharecropper after Reconstruction had ended