11-03-2015, 09:16 AM
The first few colonies in North America died from their own ineptitude at rates of well over 90%, the few survivors did so for the most part because of help from the Native Americans. From the perspective of the Native Americans it makes no difference if the "settlers" knew there were already people living here, they moved into some else's home and tried to take their land.
If someone moved into your house would you just let them take all your land and property because no one told them you were already living there? Or would you fight them off with everything you had? King Philip's head was put on a stake in front of an fort in New England and left there for years, and the French paid the Native Americans for English scalps, so there was plenty of barbarism to go around.
If someone moved into your house would you just let them take all your land and property because no one told them you were already living there? Or would you fight them off with everything you had? King Philip's head was put on a stake in front of an fort in New England and left there for years, and the French paid the Native Americans for English scalps, so there was plenty of barbarism to go around.