why didnt native americans FIGHT back?

[Nick Young]

That's not true.

Native peoples numbers in Mexico decreased by desease to as low as 10% of their original size (90% were wiped out).

In Mexico's case, as well as most Latin America, the reason Native American people's population were able to recuperate in numbers was because the Catholic Spaniards christianized and mated with native peoples and basically left native populations alone in their original territory (they didn't systematically round them up and forced them into concentration camps called "reservations"). The English didn't mixed with Natives, they just killed them off. In those regards, the Spaniards weren't even close to the homicidal maniacs the Anglo Saxons were.

Your knowledge of history is lacking. Have you never heard of missions? The Catholic Spanish did EXACTLY what you describe. They systematically rounded up natives and forced them to live and work as slaves on conversion compounds called Missions.


This is standard knowledge growing up in California.

[gigantes]

The native Americans also practiced cannibalism and human sacrifice, god bless em.

some did.

in any case, cultures all over the world invariably do things which other cultures find abhorrent. problem...?


not to mention, cannibalism is very eco-friendly! instead of just defeating your enemy and leaving him for scavengers and microbes, you efficiently use his remains to be that much more sustainable to the environment.

see? these people had it all figured out up until we knuckleheads came along and ruined everything.

[TheMan]

Your knowledge of history is lacking. Have you never heard of missions? The Catholic Spanish did EXACTLY what you describe. They systematically rounded up natives and forced them to live and work as slaves on conversion compounds called Missions.


This is standard knowledge growing up in California.

I didn't claim that the Spaniards were little angels either but compared to the Anglo Saxons, they weren't as bad.

Explain a much bigger Native population in the rest of the Americas

[Draz]

One side had advance alien technology

[NumberSix]

I didn't claim that the Spaniards were little angels either but compared to the Anglo Saxons, they weren't as bad.

Explain a much bigger Native population in the rest of the Americas

What was so bad about the English?

News flash, there was no "genocide" of the natives. India is still full of Indians. Hong Kong is still full of Chinese. Nigeria is still full of Nigerians. Egypt is still full of Egyptians. The English aren't these crazed genocidal maniacs that you make them out to be.

[Dresta]

They did fight back. And some of them were so savage and brutal that they make IS look mild.