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American History

GreenWave

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4. How many Native Americans have perished due to the arrival of Europeans

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2022, 01:08 PM

Dec 2022

in the past five centuries? We have seen thriving populations of millions dwindle down to hundreds in a quarter century or so.

On my breaks at a huge library I read cavalry reports. They are straight out of 1884, Mr. Orwell, not 1984. The reports show no empathy just how many they killed, estimated ages and did they get all of them?

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