Maybe some native Americans were not abusive but many original tribes were abusive. How to stop a baby from crying? Throw water in its face.
Throwing water in their face didn't leave scars - didn't hurt them at all - shocked them a bit, for sure. And it worked. The children were taught, when babies, not to cry or carry on in meetings - and they also had to learn to be quiet when told back then, for safety.
The older of my five was the only one who ever needed more that verbal reasoning.
When he was about 2, he decided that if he couldn't get his way, he'd hold his breath. I'd leave the room and ignore. He quickly realized that was an exercise in futility and dropped that.
His next attempt at 'bringing me to heel' was to bang his head on the floor. For some reason, ignoring didn't work - and for a while he had a welt on his forehead. He was actually injuring himself. So the next time he did it, I calmly went to the sink, poured a big glass off cold water, walked over and threw it in his face. Then I turned and walked out of the room.
Never banged his head again, never held his breath again, never had to throw water again.
Oh yes, at about that age, he decided to be a biter. He bit another kid. No explaining nor admonishing had any effect. He bit me. I bit him back. THAT he understood - and that was the end of the biting.
I don't remember many problems with him behaving after those episodes - he got the message that I was in control, that I didn't get upset - and that he was the only one who experienced negative consequences.
If and adult can't outsmart a little child, they maybe shouldn't have kids.
As for the ad infinitum quoting of the Bible for a backup to 'ROD" the child - Any excuse to beat a child - pretty pathetic.
Sounds like a disturbing number of Freepers would consider this book as a companion to the Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3UY_HoG6gw