To secure land from Native Americans, the settlers in the New World often used the seemingly legal device of treaties to create the impression that Native Americans had voluntarily and legally ceded land to the colonists.

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The settlers in the New World frequently used treaties as a means to secure land from Native Americans, often portraying these agreements as voluntary and legal cessions of territory by the Native Americans to the colonists, despite the power imbalances and coercive circumstances under which many of these treaties were negotiated.

To Secure Land from Native Americans, the Settlers in the New