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Like all people of similar character, whether civilized or savage, they are prone to be imposed upon; and are especially maltreated by the ruthless Blackfeet, who harass them in their villages, steal their horses by night, or openly carry them off in the face of day, without provoking pursuit or retaliation. Nor would they permit Gabriel to be any way maltreated, say or do what he would; so that it came to pass that Gabriel had the complete freedom of the ship. Sometimes he glanced over the magazines and newspapers to see how "Ephemera" was being maltreated. |
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maltreated - subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife"