(I tried to send this in reply to Chris Goldsbury, twice, but for some reason it bounced back, twice.)
European colonization of the East Coast *did not wait* "until after the native tribes were wiped out by an unknown disease imported by trappers". It began in Florida, continued in Virginia and Quebec, and then proceeded into New England. You are probably referring to the epidemic that preceded the pilgrims landing at Plymouth. However, even in that case, the local population would have recovered from the epidemic if the great migration into Massachusetts a decade later had not occurred. In fact, the depopulation of the Native American population of the East Coast was not an accomplished fact until after the series of wars up and down the coast including "King Phillip's War" in New England and the Yamasee wars in Carolina/Georgia had been won by the European invaders. The diaspora of East Coast peoples and polities to the west was finalized by those wars, not by disease. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#890): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/890 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76438225/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
