07-27-2015, 10:23 PM
(07-27-2015, 10:09 PM)Beaker Wrote: Most tribes were not passive at all. They were constantly raiding their neighbors, killing each other and taking slaves. The boundaries that existed between tribes were usually not diplomatically determined, they were determined by how many resources a tribe could defend before they were spread to thin to do so. You are right in the statement that the ownership of land was a foreign concept to them, but the taking and holding of resources was not.
Less civilized does not = less human. And again, the indians lied, cheated, stole, murdered, and enslaved each other plenty before the europeans came on the scene. The europeans simply were more technologically advanced, and over time had greater numbers than the native peoples. If the situation would have been reversed, they would have beaten the europeans back into the sea over time. Simply a matter of the more advanced society swallowing up the less advanced society. Has happened that was throughout history.
And I acknowledged that they fought.
I'll also acknowledge that I worded it all for them to appear a bit more righteous than they were.
