They probably felt the same way. They saw themselves as the Innocent ones who the white man sold them blankets infested with sickness which they had no immune to. Or whom the white father in Washington who promised them this and that for their land and then herded them off like cattle to die on reservations. Both sides have blood on their hands.
The smallpox blankets are unsubstantiated Ward Churchill BS. Smallpox vaccination, a procedure developed by the English country doctor Edward Jenner in 1796, was first ordered in 1801 by President Jefferson; the program continued in force for three decades, though its implementation was slowed both by the resistance of the Indians, who suspected a trick, and by lack of interest on the part of some officials.
http://hnn.us/articles/7302.html
***They saw themselves as the Innocent ones who the white man sold them blankets infested with sickness which they had no immune to. ****
It was believed at that time that sicknesses came from bad air. Microbiology research had not begun yet.
A typical misunderstanding happened during the Viking explorations. the Viking and “Skraelings” had a pow wow and got along fine. The Vikings gave the Indians milk in friendship. Later the Indians begame sick and believed they had been poisoned so they attacked and the Vikings.
The Indians could not digest milk. War broke out as a result. Who was at fault?