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How many people lived in North America before it was discovered by Christopher Columbus?
Wiki User
2011-09-13 02:38:11
no the Indians lived there before anyone else. Then the pilgrims
came.
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no the pilgrims discovered America. i mean come on how could
anyone discover anything that was already discovered.
Hah, your both wrong. Before the Indian's there was Lief
Eriksson. So put that in your juice box and suck it. :)
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