"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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"Them" are gone. "Them" are dead. That's the point.

That would come as quite a shock to the 2.8 million Americans who
identified
themselves as "Native American" in the most recent census.

And that the best estimates is that the peak North American aborigine
population prior to the arrival of the white man on North America is around
300,000, they've done pretty well since then, with a 900% increase.

If you can find a copy, read "The Indian Myths" by Robert Hendrick, which
dispels so many popular notions of the American Indian culture, such as
being ecologically pure, preserving wildlife, etc.

Up until 1800, life expectancy for American Indians was about the late 30's
for males and late 20's for females. Between tribal wars and diseases
(dysentery is believed to have killed more Indians by far than the white man
could have hoped to) life was short, brutal and harsh. Of course, Rousseau
thought that was a great life style.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO