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He was a trapper and the attitude in his time was to kill Native Americans. He lived with the Native Americans in central California along the the Tule lake for a long time until a Mexican patrol came along and kicked him out of the California . He was killed at a watering hole by a Native American several years later.

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What killed million of native Americans after the Europeans came?

Disease, murder, discrimination, starvation, and other things.


How did Columbus' voyage impact the Americans?

When Columbus discovered the Native Americans of Hispanolia he was the "point man" for 300 years of discrimination, murder, and the removal of Native peoples. The European explorer and settler felt they had the right to take the land for their use. Not only did they cut down forest areas, but they also brought plants and animals that were not native to North America. These things changed the landscape and the way people lived. Thus, impacting millions of Native Americans living in North America.


How does redskin offend Native Americans?

The term "redskin" is considered offensive by many Native Americans because it is rooted in a history of racial discrimination and racism towards Indigenous peoples. It is a racial slur that reduces Native Americans to a stereotype based on their skin color. Native Americans have expressed their discomfort with this term and have called for its retirement from sports teams and other contexts.


How did Peter Stuyvesant antagonize the Native Americans?

Peter Stuyvesant actually had good relations with Native Americans, it was his colony that had problems. While Stuyvesant was away with his troops, a colonist decided to shoot an Indian girl for taking a peach off 'his tree' - this murder resulted in the death of 100 colonists and the capture of 150. Stuyvesant successfully negotiated their return, he also had several other favorable dealings with the tribes in that area.


How did the native born Americans respond to the new immigrants?

Well, the native Americans were killed off by disease and war between them and the European Immigrants. Their are way too many tribes and arguments to really detail. But for the most part that sums it up. Then of course their was the legendary Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson was one of the famous people among the makers of this plan. They decided to force all the Native Americans out of their homes and sent them into concentration camps(or as we refer to them now, reserves.) Soon almost all the Native American population died out from Slavery, Disease, Murder Ect. Basically it was one of the biggest atrocities ever committed by man. Of course they don't tell you that part during Thanksgiving.

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What was the major european contribution to the death rate of native americans?

Europeans brought diseases to the New World that the native populations had no immunity to. That and outright murder are the major European contributions to the death rate of the Native Americans.


What president was mostly responsible for this treatment of native americans moving to the west?

President Andrew Jackson set a president for: Violating Treaties, Enforcing False Treaties and outright Murder of Native Americans. This president continues still today when dealing with Native Americans.


What killed million of native Americans after the Europeans came?

Disease, murder, discrimination, starvation, and other things.


What caused the death of Native Americans during the Ages of Exploration?

Explorers caused their deaths( desease, murder, hard labor, etc.).


How did Columbus' voyage impact the Americans?

When Columbus discovered the Native Americans of Hispanolia he was the "point man" for 300 years of discrimination, murder, and the removal of Native peoples. The European explorer and settler felt they had the right to take the land for their use. Not only did they cut down forest areas, but they also brought plants and animals that were not native to North America. These things changed the landscape and the way people lived. Thus, impacting millions of Native Americans living in North America.


How does redskin offend Native Americans?

The term "redskin" is considered offensive by many Native Americans because it is rooted in a history of racial discrimination and racism towards Indigenous peoples. It is a racial slur that reduces Native Americans to a stereotype based on their skin color. Native Americans have expressed their discomfort with this term and have called for its retirement from sports teams and other contexts.


Which do you think was more important to queen Isabella. converting the native Americans to her religion or getting them to work?

Her troops seemed to be more into mass murder and slavery than conversion and seemed to be pretending to be religious rather than behaving religiously. A lot of Native Americans converted when they met the pilgrims, more than one hundred years later.


What were the effects of the spanish arriving?

Principally, the extermination of large numbers of native Americans through disease, mass murder and slavery, and price inflation in Europe due to the introduction of large amounts of gold and silver.


How did Peter Stuyvesant antagonize the Native Americans?

Peter Stuyvesant actually had good relations with Native Americans, it was his colony that had problems. While Stuyvesant was away with his troops, a colonist decided to shoot an Indian girl for taking a peach off 'his tree' - this murder resulted in the death of 100 colonists and the capture of 150. Stuyvesant successfully negotiated their return, he also had several other favorable dealings with the tribes in that area.


What has the author Betsy Draine written?

Betsy Draine has written: 'Murder in Lascaux' -- subject(s): Art teachers, Murder, Americans, Fiction


How did native Americans respond to the new immigrants?

Well, the native Americans were killed off by disease and war between them and the European Immigrants. Their are way too many tribes and arguments to really detail. But for the most part that sums it up. Then of course their was the legendary Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson was one of the famous people among the makers of this plan. They decided to force all the Native Americans out of their homes and sent them into concentration camps(or as we refer to them now, reserves.) Soon almost all the Native American population died out from Slavery, Disease, Murder Ect. Basically it was one of the biggest atrocities ever committed by man. Of course they don't tell you that part during Thanksgiving.


How did the native born Americans respond to the new immigrants?

Well, the native Americans were killed off by disease and war between them and the European Immigrants. Their are way too many tribes and arguments to really detail. But for the most part that sums it up. Then of course their was the legendary Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson was one of the famous people among the makers of this plan. They decided to force all the Native Americans out of their homes and sent them into concentration camps(or as we refer to them now, reserves.) Soon almost all the Native American population died out from Slavery, Disease, Murder Ect. Basically it was one of the biggest atrocities ever committed by man. Of course they don't tell you that part during Thanksgiving.