Since this thread has gone for 6 pages, then I would say that the original thread starter did the forum a favor by picking an interesting subject and I, for one, enjoyed the controversy. There is something positive about getting the true version of a historical event. It is also interesting to see how there was so little agreement on what is the TRUE version. It was very interesting that post #55 was COMPLETELY at odds with the original thread starter - yet both seemed VERY confident in their version of the event.
I tend to believe post # 55. I was also impressed to hear that the area was teeming with wildlife like fish, game birds,
and deer. I imagine that there were also a lot of black bears. It seemed like a land of milk and honey where finding food was NOT a problem. I never thought of the Native Americans as being as docile and friendly as depicted in post #55. Maybe I was wrong about that. And I always imagined a HARD life for the early Colonists.
No post mentioned something that I read once. That there was a HUGE population of Native Americans BEFORE the Colonists arrived. But, then the Europeans brought with them DISEASES that the Native Americans had no immunity for ........and they died off to just a fraction of their prior population. I wonder IF that is true?
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