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The Las Calans viewed allying with the few Spanish outsiders as a possible last-ditch way to escape their strategic predicament.
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“This is a Hail Mary for them. If we ally with these outsiders,”
“these strangers who are just few in number after all,”
“we may have some potential way to break out of this strategic trap that we've had imposed upon us.”Play from 9:26Report a misattribution
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