[Antoninus]

The Indians were kidnapping settlers all over Massachusetts and forcing them to walk to Canada where they were aided by the French in holding them there. They also raided the settlements and killed randomly.

Yep. During King Phillip's War in New England in the early 18th century, such tactics were par for the course for the Indian war parties which prefered to attack softer targets like individual settlements, rather than the armed militia sent out against them (though, if I remember correctly, they had success against the colonial militias, too.)

[Aliska]

Many did survive the ordeal; interestingly they didn't murder them all and after several months or couple of years, they were released. Others died because they were weakened.

They were conducting terrorism against the colonists. Because the colonists had to fight back, they are considered by historians of committing genocide.

Do you think the early colonists would be considered illegal aliens? I know they had permission from their governments to emigrate.

[stand watie]

the colonial militias learned the HARD WAY not to mess about with Cherokee war parties, though MOST of the raids were vendettas against/counter-raids to previous raids by colonials.

our lads & lasses (Cherokee women have ALWAYS been warriors! also, the WORST possible outcome of a captive was to be "given to the tribe's women for entertainment"!)were, possibly due to too much contact with the whites, more inclined to shoot from ambush than to "count coups", as other woodland tribes did.

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