-Caveat Lector- > > BTW, most (90%) of the American Indiginous died as a result of > > European disease for which they had no immunity. This happened long > > before the US even existed. Of course the reduced remainder were more > > vulnerable to ethnic cleansing later on.
> Not really - seeing as Europeans did not penetrate much past the coasts > before there was a US - a US that passed out disease infested blankets and > hunted the food supply to near extinction. The American Indian population WAS concentrated in the East / West coastal states and Southwest; Southeast, South Gulf Coast, etc. The interior plains were sparsely populated by American Indians. Minimal contact (in the 16th century) with European traders (even before the arrival of settlers) caused a mass die off of American Indians. The traders arrived on the coast and traveled inland. By the time the English and French colonialists arrived, the American Indians were already in in a very weakened situation when the first settlers began expanding their settlements. This was a big factor in their eviction by the Europeans. This is true for South and North America. Disease was the greatest weapon the Conquistadors used - inadvertendly at first then they took advantage of it and encouraged its spread. This all happened long before the US existed as a country. Of course the US did a good job rolling up the survivors. By the time Andrew Jackson sent out his smallpox blankets, their population had been reduced 90% from the 15th century levels. flw <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
