[Pistias]

a number of Indians were farmers and weavers

Such as? Are you referring to the far Westerners? And Tocqueville notes that the even the Indians who chose to try to adopt the European method of husbandry (notably the Cherokee) were squeezed out of the market by far more experienced and skillful immigrants.

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Try along the banks of the Mississippi and along the Atlantic seaboard. You do know who taught the pilgrims to grow maize don't you?

Tocqueville like most Europeans had a romanticized and false view of what Indian culture and life were. It varied far more then the cultures of Europe. Read about the Iroquois and the Algonquian. Learn about the Ohio valley and the Mound Builders.

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