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Originally Posted by OneHungLo
OMG what would we do without coonskin caps and...corn!!!!!
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While coonskin caps have gone out of style, they were an important clothing item on the frontier.
Corn is a staple of the World's food supply. Without the "savages" we would have neither corn or potatoes, 2 of the most important items in the world's food supply.
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here are more than 50,000 edible plants in the world, but just 15 of them provide 90 percent of the world's food energy intake. Rice, corn (maize), and wheat make up two-thirds of this.
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Dude don't act like indians were peaceful
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As if the Europeans were peaceful? What world do you live in that you equate civilized (nonsavage) with peaceful. The Europeans have spent quite a lot of time and effort trying to wipe each other out, but you expect all the Indians to be peaceful?
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they thought they could pull that shit with whitey and learned real quick whitey wasn't a pushover. Check the Pequot War for example. 700 indians slaughtered by whitey in one fell swoop.
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The Pequot war was essentially a trade war, it was not a random attack by Indians against Europeans and it was not started by the Indians.
Yeah, I am sooooooo fucking surprised that Europeans, using Muskets with gun powder and lead balls, along with steel swords, could manage to win a war against tomahawks and bows and arrows.
So in your version, whoever is mightier is more civilized.
Got ya. You have made your most excellent point. Now go back where you came from and quit polluting this place.
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