Indian savagery

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/23/2011 02:37 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > Indian savagery
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>But even the most um-conservative of historians admit that the
>savagery of the Indians was reactive, in contrast to the savagery of
>the colonists, which was proactive.

Wilson, I think you're greatly oversimplifying.

Joel


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