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Before Indians were running casinos and selling cigarettes tax-free in North America, they were a stone-age people before the "pale face" came. They had not learned to domesticate animals, they had no written language, they used only stone tools and they had not even yet invented the wheel.

They had never seen a horse, a metal knife, a cart or a plow.

They also commonly practiced slavery, genocide and cannibalism against other tribes. No matter how many times you watch "Dances with Wolves" and "Pocahontas," it will not change these facts.

In terms of population percentage loss, the worst war we ever fought was King Philip's War in 1688. King Philip was an indian chief (also known as Metacomet). The indians burned down whole villages. The Colonists' population was small in 1688 and a good percentage of that population was killed in the war. The indians lost the war.

The Indians sided with the French in the French And Indian War (1753). The indians lost the war.

The indians sided with the British in the Revolution. The indians lost the war.

The indians sided with the British again in the War of 1812. The indians lost the war.

As the Americans moved west, fighting was constant on both sides. The indians started quite a few (but not all) of the fights. The indians lost everytime.

The judgement of history is merciless.

Native Americans had domesticated animals; dogs. They used them as a food source and as a beast of burden (not that they could carry much). They hadn't seen a horse before Europeans came because there were no horses on the continent. But once the Europeans let some loose, they learned to domesticate them quite readily. In fact, Lewis and Clark got horses from the tribes they met (and lost some to theft, too).

The judgment of history also looks with displeasure on technical inaccuracies. King Philip's War was in 1675-76 not 1688. The effective end of the war was when Philip was ironically killed by a Wampanoag fighting with Captain Benjamin Church's force at the Battle of the Great Swamp.

The judgement of history is merciless.

Well said. Why can't the descendants of the Indians come to an understanding with the reenactors? Both sides represent a part of our country's history.

The French and Indian War commemorations that have been going on this year, celebrate the contributions of all cultures to the developing events of our nations. Reenactors portray the battles of the French and Indians and the British and the British colonists. Memorial services are conducted which include a Native American ceremony (chanting, dancing, etc.) See link in next post.

As Will Rogers used to say, I never Metacomet I didn't like.

The Disney film Pocahontas shows John Smith as tall and blond whereas he was short and dark-haired. Other than that it's probably historically accurate--or at least as accurate as one of Dan Rather's news broadcasts.

They also commonly practiced slavery, genocide and cannibalism against other tribes. No matter how many times you watch "Dances with Wolves" and "Pocahontas," it will not change these facts.

Yes, but you see, these are indigenous pipples, and "indigenous pipples" can do all this stuff and believe the world is flat and get praised for their "otherness" by liberals.

I wonder . . . is it against the law to teach Darwin to "indigenous pipples?" I think it constitutes "cultural genocide." Only "rednecks" are required to subscribe to scientific materialism in order to be a better Abstract Host Population to the "gorgeous mosaic."