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Fur rur Pur tiaders tladers traders yearns yearnslater eaisliter eat d dhter hter later , begin beg'ln begln ' e exploitation ecploltation loltatlon of the bour bourbful bourtiful hourtiful bful tiful game and found fountI the bU5ll1esQ business bU5ll1esQplofit'lble businessprofitable businesspiofitible plofit'lble plofitlble profitable plofit'lbleatn ' . \atn atn ! \ l\atiyes l atiyes ratises \ es \ were ere treatedruthlessly treated treatedluthlessly treatedluthlessly luthlessly ruthlessly , one wnter wllter winter sa\ing sa ing Srl\lOg Srl lOg saying \ \ that thatthey thatthey thatthey they "were were "wE're " , ' reduced to a condition ofpiactical oC oCplachcal of ofpractical ' " plachcal practical slavery sla\ery sla ery slasery \ and find In nnny m'lnv mlnv m'mny mmny ' pJ1ccs places placesthe pliccsthe tbe the sands \ were ere stained ' with 'Hth Hth theirinnocent their theirinnocent theirInnocent innocent blo blood blood " William H . . 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Darou Baron Stoccki Stoccl.I StocclI Stoecki . , Russian RussInn minister minI'5ter minI5ter ' to toWaslungton toWashington toWashington Waslungton Washington , , and SC\\ SC Scwird SC'lrd Seward \ 'lrd lrd ' wolked wOll.ed wOlled worked . aU all aUnight allnight allnight night , signed the purchase purchasc tfelty tl tieit e'lt elt ' at at3am 3 am a m , ' March 'larch larch liarclt SO 30 , 1SG7 lSG7 1807 , , and find , > sent cnt It H to tothe tothe tothe the semte scn'1te scn1te senate ' the same diy d'lY dlY day ' England Englandmthich linglmdwlilcli T ngl1nd ngl1nd"hlch "hlch hlch mthich " \ ' was as Interested in fi nddint addingAliskii l1mt { ; Al1slm A11ska to Its Canidiini Can'ldl1nr Canldl1nr Canadhm ' pos possessions possessionswas eSlons ' ) , , ssns \ liS nuch f1ucb much cingilned ch'lgllned chlgllned chagtlned ' when con congress congressconftmed confesscondimed l e . , conlhme conftmed the tieity tieats tIC'lt tIClt ' , on Apill Apll1 April 10Opposition LO t4 LOo t4Opposltlon o Opposltlon pp01 : > 1 tion fiom flOm from citi/cns citi cns citiiens c1 Jlcns / was ssas \ a great grp'l grpl grpitman ' t , , mam many > * ' Amcncins Amenc'lns Amenclns Americans ' bellC\ bellC believing bellCing belte\ing belte ing \ ing it was wasonly \ yyj yyjonly \ J only a vast cast \ fist m aiea amen en of fro7cn fr07cn frozen wastes'ihe \ wastes wastesIhe J.5.tes J5.tes J5tes . . 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