no the Indians lived there before anyone else. Then the pilgrims came.
Answerno 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. :)
Another question which cannot be answered, the following are the estimates and the variability:
Estimates of American Indian Population, circa (ca.) 1492
Kroeber
(1939)
Rosenblat
(1954)
Steward
(1949)
Sapper
(1924)
Dobyns
(1966)
(Millions)
North America
0.9
1.0
1.0
2.0 - 3.5
9.8 - 12.3
Mexico
3.2
4.5
4.5
12.0 - 15.0
30.0 - 37.5
Central America
0.1
0.8
0.7
5.0 - 6.0
10.8 - 13.5
Caribbean
0.2
0.3
0.2
3.0 - 4.0
0.4 - 0.6
Andes
3.0
4.8
6.1
12.0 - 15.0
30.0 - 37.5
Lowland South America
1.0
2.0
2.9
3.0 - 5.0
9.0 - 11.2
Hemispheric Total
8.4
13.4
15.5
37.0 - 48.5
90.0 - 112.6
Nobody knows - they didn't have a census back then!
1000s of people
A lot of people think he landed in North America but he didn't he landed in the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus found America in1492.
Christopher Columbus met the Native Indians when he reached America.
Columbus treated the Indians poorly. Columbus killed and tortured many native Indians.
On christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India
Estimates suggest that there were between 50-100 million indigenous people living in North and South America when Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. However, this number significantly declined due to diseases, war, and forced labor after European contact.
A lot of people think he landed in North America but he didn't he landed in the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus found America in1492.
Christopher Columbus met the Native Indians when he reached America.
Christopher Columbus called the Natives in America Indians because he believed that he landed in India.
San Salvador was the name Christopher Columbus gave the island he landed on in the Bahamas. The island is now known as Guanahani.
When Christopher Columbus landed in America he thought he was in India so he called the people Indians.
Columbus originally set out to find a passage to India from the Atlantic Ocean. However he landed in the America's. As a result he ended up calling the Indigenous people Indians.
Columbus treated the Indians poorly. Columbus killed and tortured many native Indians.
On christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India
Vikings 500 years before Columbus. Columbus did NOT find North America. He landed on an island in 1492 while looking for a water route to India. All but a small fraction of the books and people that would prove this were burned and killed by Christopher Columbus and his men in 1492-1493.
He discovered new people who he called the indies because he though he landed in India. He also discoevered north america.