Over the centuries, more Indians were killed by other tribes than the Europeans ever did.
April Fools
:’) The key word is, “intentionally” — the population of the American mainland is estimated (based on town ruins and such) to have reached a level that wouldn’t be seen again until the 20th century; arriving with the Spanish and Portuguese were various contagious diseases which had already worked their magic on earlier generations of Old World populations, and there was a massive dying. In Bernal Diaz’ account of Cortez’ expedition, the process appears to have begun between their march into Mexico City, and their flight out.
Yes, but that history is being deleted. The reason a few hundred Spaniards could topple native empires in Peru and Mexico was because other tribes would help; they had been enslaved and murdered by Aztecs and Incas forever.