They were not obliged to modify their political ideas so as
to bring them into harmony with those of the Indians ; the
disparity in civilization was so great that the Indians were
simply thrust aside, along with the wolves and buffaloes.
This illustration will help us to understand the peculiar
features of the Teutonic settlement of Britain. Whether
the English invaders really slew all the romanized Kelts
who dwelt in the island, except those who found refuge in
the mountains of Cumberland, Wales, and Cornwall, or fled



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across the channel to Brittany, we need not seek to decide.
