Hawaii history and cannibalism

[MarkP]

The first people of North America were as diverse as anybody else. Some were comparatively noble and sophisticated. Some were mere gangs. The Comanches found a system that worked for them, extreme violence and intimidation. The fact that white people had no god-given or moral right to move onto their land is neither here nor there. Until the end when it became obvious how many white people there were and when other Native American tribes were no longer a factor, they did not deign to differentiate between who they were torturing and murdering. It was just what they did. Custer was able to enlist native scouts by asking any non-Comanches "Hey, anybody want to go kill some Comanches?" Tonkawas and Apaches frequently served as scouts for the cavalry. Tonkawas were widely believed to be cannibals but since by native standards the cavalry couldn't track a bull in a china shop and scouts were necessary this was overlooked. The Spanish priests tried for years to get the Apaches to convert. They always resisted. At one point though the Apaches suddenly seemed agreeable. They were eager for the Spaniards to build a mission in a particular area that they led the Spaniards to believe was special to them. Turns out it was Comanche territory. The Apaches were hoping to start a war between the Comanches and the Spanish. The Comanches pretty much killed everybody. Yes the land belonged to the Comanches. Heck, they had raped, tortured, and murdered a lot of people to get it. This is extremely important to come to grips with. There were the equivalent of motorcycle gangs back then and to get too teary-eyed over them is as idiotic as getting teary-eyed over any losses that the crips might suffer at the hands of the bloods. Insert two white supremecist groups or mix and match if you prefer, whatever you need to do to see the folly of thinking that any ancient native culture was magically any different than any modern culture.

Personally I wouldn't count on the argument that they were only eating somebody's head cause they wanted his mana to make it seem OK.