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13. Maybe it did

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 09:39 PM

Nov 2012

and that's why the Indians decided they needed to kick the disease reservoirs off the continent.

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One reason I had a juice and water fast on Thanksgiving Day... [View all] littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 OP

The real day of mourning around here is Columbus Day Warpy Nov 2012 #1

Thank you. n/t littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #2

WE ARE STILL HERE littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #3

Wounded Heart: Pine Ridge & The Sioux littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #4

ARE YOU AN INDIAN? littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #5

Thank you... littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #7

Was it Bubonic Plague or some unspecified pandemic? n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #8

Gee You Are On A Roll HangOnKids Nov 2012 #20

It wasn't even classic plague Warpy Nov 2012 #11

Maybe it did Warpy Nov 2012 #13

the biggest die-offs didn't happen until after Columbus. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #14

They didn't settle on the scale of the later Europeans Warpy Nov 2012 #15

The ones making first contact were looking for gold Warpy Nov 2012 #17

Your Augments Are Fabulous Warpy HangOnKids Nov 2012 #18

they didn't settle on just furs... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #19

I'm Sure Zinn Just Grabbed Your Heart HangOnKids Nov 2012 #21

i had to put it down several times...just to get thru that first chapter. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #23