They were probably jealous because of all the free time that they had. Our forefathers would have used their free time to do more work and build more things to support their civilization, family and themselves.
The real issue was that the natives were hostile to each other and the white man. In some ways I sympathize with them since were facing a situation almost similar with the whole world wanting to come here and rather than assimilate, impose their culture, their values and their paradigm on us.
We're surrounded by people who want to get rid of constitutional rights, capitalism and Christianity and impose principles of Marxism, centralized government, conformity, pluralism, mutli-culturalism, globalism and other values that are incompatible with an advanced and developed country like ours. Our numbers are getting smaller and smaller every year and our voices are not being as heard over the blare of these newcomers and liberals who surround us. We yell "Lets support private property, small business, small government, personal responsibility and the bill of rights!: and they shout "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
The native American Indians are far better off now than they were 200 years ago but we did go too far and do some things wrong in some areas. I am afraid this is all a judgment. Reaping what we sow.
Before moving to California as a young teenager in the
30s my dad’s family lived in Kansas near the Oklahoma
border. It was not uncommon to see small bans of Indians
camp just outside of their town of Hardtner for a few
days at a time. The Plains tribes informed his education.
I took a California geography course in college and I
recall the professor stating that at one time there were
more Indians in the California area than there were in the
area which comprises the ‘lower 48’ combined. I am
somewhat skeptical about that. I do believe that most
California Indians were fairly docile mostly, with
trading a common feature between coastal and interior
tribes.