>I made that point and I don't understand why you are trying to disagree with me. I'm not saying it was right or okay, I'm just stating that it was customary at the time. My reading of the other messages was that it was believed that what was done to the native americans here in this country is somehow worse than what occurred in Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, India, Africa, Australia, etc.

Pardon me???? ... Just where is it that I disagreed with you?



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>>>I still disagree. I will repeat the same truth I've stated before: most of the world was settled by war(s) - the winners got the spoils.
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>>By your own admission, the native Amricans had no concept of property or ownership. So they would have had no idea just what it was that the first "settlers" were up to.
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>>Even in treaties here (Canada) the natives interpreted "the Crown" - which was Queen Victoria at the time - as 'the lady with the big hat'.
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>>In other words, the natives were on a completely different wavelength than the settlers/negotiators.
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>>>SNIP