"We have not yet sold the lands we inhabit, (and) we wish to keep the possession of them. Our elders have been willing to tolerate you, brothers Englishmen, on the
seaboard. ... But we will not cede one single inch of the lands we inhabit beyond
what has been decided formerly by our fathers.
"[The governor of French Canada) who is here present has nothing to do with what
we say to you; we speak to you of our own accord, and in the name of all our allies..
.. We are entirely free; we are allies of the King of France, from whom we have
received the Faith and all sorts of assistance in our necessities; we love that
Monarch, and we are strongly attached to his interests."
Ateawanto, Abenaki Indian leader, speech delivered to a representative of the
royal governor of Massachusetts at a treaty conference between the Abenaki
of present-day Maine, the Iroquois Indians of present-day New York, the
French, and the English, 1752
Which of the following groups would have most opposed the goals of the
speech?
O French fur traders
O British settlers
The king of France
Religious missionaries