One Native American protested to a British trader during the French and Indian war, “You and the French are like the two edges of a pair of shears. And we are the cloth which is to be cut to pieces between them.” What did he mean by that?

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The Native Americans were ready to give up their freedom to the French.
The Native Americans were ready to give up their freedom to the French.

Native Americans were being impacted the most by the French and British fighting each other.
Native Americans were being impacted the most by the French and British fighting each other.

The Spanish had decimated the Native population during the war.
The Spanish had decimated the Native population during the war.

Native Americans were not impacted by the war at all.
Native Americans were not impacted by the war at all.

Native Americans were being impacted the most by the French and British fighting each other.