But it was often difficult. To protect their towns,the settlers often had to employ people who were expert in the use of firearms.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

The settlers were enclosing land and engaged in wars with the Native Americans.

殖民者在圈地，并挑起了与印第安人的战争。

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Now, recruiting is tremendously important because you need to have a certain number of settlers to make the settlement viable.

招募是极其重要的,因为你需要有一定数量的移民,来维持居住地的运转

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The government built a series of bases in the New Mexico territory to protect the settlers and goods moving along the Santa Fe Trail.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Early relations between the Indians and the settlers moving West were mostly peaceful.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Soon,he recognized that the settlers would need more supplies and weapons to survive.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

All the settlers found it easy to get land in the West.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

He said most of the settlers in Kansas were peace-loving people.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The settlers were members of the Quaker religion.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Or perhaps the settlers went farther inland.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

The federal government supported the settlers' clhoaims.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Most of the settlers,however, were strong people.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Since then,there have been angry protests by the settlers, and inspectors trying to enforce the freeze have been attacked.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

He sought to reassure the settlers and his right-wing coalition partners, saying the measure is temporary.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Kedumim council leader Hananel Durani told Israel Radio the settlers will not cooperate with the authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

He said the settlers "only sin is that they want to build their homes."

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The settlers carried signs saying, "Break the freeze" and "We will continue to build."

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Government spokesman Mark Regev says the Prime Minister is sympathetic to the settlers' plight.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

But Mr.Netanyahu has not been able to placate the settlers or the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

But that did not appease the settlers who accuse Mr.Netanyahu of betrayal.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"Israel will be left with the choice of saying 'no' both to the United States and to the Palestinians, and to the Arab world, or to say 'yes' and confront the settlers and his constituency,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

"I think we are not in a war with the settlers, and we should do everything we can in order to reach an agreement in order to prevent any kind of deterioration in the region,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

And for those in the northwest, it called for free land for settlers, and federal aid to build roads and canals.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Anti-slavery settlers in Kansas felt they could not get fair treatment from either the president or the new governor.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Other settlers brought huge herds of sheep to compete with cattle for the grass, and the sheep always won.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Under great pressure from white settlers, the government took land from the Indians and opened it to settlement.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

Many years later, settlers used the tar,or asphalt, on the tops of their houses to keep water out.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

As white settlers moved west, they began to hunt the animal for skins to sell in eastern markets.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Since there were few settlers in Oregon, Britain and the United States agreed to occupy the territory jointly.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The National Park Service says early colonial settlers and land developers thought the Everglades had little value.

VOA: special.2009.06.30