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To: marktwain

A secondary consequence of this was the destruction of Southeastern Indian tribes food crops. The Indian tribes of the Southeast, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creak and Seminoles, among others, were primarily land subsistence farming growing corn, squash, melons, peas and beans. The hogs uprooted many of the tribes fields creating sudden famines.............


10 posted on 01/02/2024 6:20:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Most pigs were allowed to "free range" up until the late 1800s. There were lots of conflicts between farmers of all sorts and pig owners.

Pigs reproduce rapidly, but it would take a while for them to increase to the point this would happen. The tribes learned to eat pigs pretty quickly, too.

In general, introducing an exotic species can have lots of effects.

12 posted on 01/02/2024 6:27:04 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Red Badger

No historical proof of your statement.


30 posted on 01/02/2024 7:29:54 AM PST by riverrunner
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