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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (69819)6/27/2008 5:39:14 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
>>But maybe it was easier to just buy it then do another deal with the local yokels for casinos and booze.<<

That's it. The deal with Russia was the legal basis to keep out other foreign interlopers such as Britain and Spain. Then we made treaties with the local natives, for example this one which enabled my ancestors to settle on the ceded land...

Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
en.wikipedia.org