Just an aside, you should look up some of the writings by my old (and favourite) Professor Dr. (James?) Weaver of McMaster University. He argues that it was the social technology of institutions, banking, land speculating, and established commerce that allowed whites to take over North America, not individual hostility. The key players he notes are the empire (who vacillated between expansionist and not-expansionist), the homesteaders, and the land speculators.
The Indians were harsh and intelligent bargainers, but they were playing by the rules of a game that white people wrote and created—the house always wins.
Fact: All Historians approach historical documents with their own set of contexts and biases—all Historians except Dr. Weaver, that is.
Fact: Most Historians have to cite sources—Dr. Weaver is able to go back in time and create them.
Just an aside, you should look up some of the writings by my old (and favourite) Professor Dr. (James?) Weaver of McMaster University. He argues that it was the social technology of institutions, banking, land speculating, and established commerce that allowed whites to take over North America, not individual hostility. The key players he notes are the empire (who vacillated between expansionist and not-expansionist), the homesteaders, and the land speculators.
The Indians were harsh and intelligent bargainers, but they were playing by the rules of a game that white people wrote and created—the house always wins.
Fact: All Historians approach historical documents with their own set of contexts and biases—all Historians except Dr. Weaver, that is. Fact: Most Historians have to cite sources—Dr. Weaver is able to go back in time and create them.