I don't really care if you have a hardon for native americans. But, to pretend that every single ******* injun was out to get the white man despite every example we have otherwise in order to mute the comparative holocausts is just asinine. Yes, many were savage cultures that warred with themselves and others. But, acting like they were all goblins ready to kill ****** as if THAT validates their genocide in relation to the jewish holocaust is just retarded. Strategy or not, ALTRUISM or not, multiple cultures of indigenous populations were eradicated from North America for no other reason than because they were in the way of manifest destiny. THEY didn't spread themselves like ethnic herpes among different cultures and retain a static group identity which was perceived to have undermined a European nation; in this case the aftermath of ww1 Germany. Instead, their crime was living on a homeland when euros wanted to act like a ******* scourge in a race to the pacific ocean. Sorry, I'm just not on board with your logic.
My logic is that people want to portray the Indians as noble innocent people who did no wrong. They weren't, they were people. They did bad things, did good things. And no not all wanted to do bad things to Europeans, but many did, and many wanted to ally with the Europeans and just live life.
Uh they ddi spread themselves around like ethnic herpes, they destroyed other tribes, enslaved other tribes, ethnically cleansed other tribes. Those who could, did. Those who couldn't , didn't and were either oppressed or wiped out or driven off. As it was the world over. And also, if the English didn't expand into America, the same that happened to the Indians, would've happened to them. What happened to the Aztecs and Incans, happened to the Spanish at the hands of the Romans.
Nothing new.