They were conquered, and should be grateful that they weren't treated worse.
"[The Native Americans] didn't have any rights to the land and there was no reason for anyone to grant them rights which they had not conceived and were not using.... What was it they were fighting for, if they opposed white men on this continent? For their wish to continue a primitive existence, their "right" to keep part of the earth untouched, unused and not even as property, just keep everybody out so that you will live practically like an animal, or maybe a few caves above it. Any white person who brought the element of civilization had the right to take over this continent."
Blanket butts just wanted to wander the land, clearing forests for their firewood.
“there was no reason for anyone to grant them rights which they had not conceived and were not using.... “
And yet they sold Manhattan to the white man none the less. They took value for something they themselves calculated they literally could not sell. Sounds kinda’ dishonest...