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Why the Indians (Native Americans)couldn't maintain their nation

Posted on 05/09/2009 10:22:40 AM PDT by big black dog

I just watched an old Hollywood movie and the answer was obvious. Their defense technique was just to ride around in circles while even women and children took pot shots at them picking them off.

They never had a chance. What idiots.


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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I finished Centennial and it has a segment on how the Indians did indeed fight each other.


21 posted on 05/09/2009 10:39:57 AM PDT by mel
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To: big black dog

It would be a real shame if a member of FR allowed himself to be deluded and ignorant because of Hollywood. Many of us are conservative, traditional Americans.

So, are you going to come back and discuss, or are you just trying to be “cute”?


22 posted on 05/09/2009 10:41:00 AM PDT by kenth
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To: big black dog

That and the superior guns that the Old West had that could kill 20 indians for every shot fired.


23 posted on 05/09/2009 10:41:31 AM PDT by DannyTN ( Impeach and Deport)
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To: Paladin2; Ikemeister; big black dog

“Demographics are destiny.”

And Europe (and even us) will soon discover how true that is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU&feature=channel_page

Knowing that we should be able to control it, but most of us are asleep and by the time we wake up it’ll be too late.


24 posted on 05/09/2009 10:43:35 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: mnehring
The only idiots are those who study battle tactic from movies

Bingo!!!

25 posted on 05/09/2009 10:43:58 AM PDT by Pistolshot (The Soap-box, The Ballot-box, The Jury-box, And The Cartridge-Box ...we are past 2 of them.)
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To: big black dog
I seem to have heard something about "Guns Germs and Steel" somewhere.
26 posted on 05/09/2009 10:44:49 AM PDT by tpmintx (Liberalism: Solving problems caused by Jealousy with solutions based on Lies.)
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To: big black dog

Disease was the biggest killer of the Indians. They did not have any immunity or defense against common white man diseases.


27 posted on 05/09/2009 10:45:27 AM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Ev Reeman

I had a Brit explain that one to me. He said the red coat was used so if a shoulder was shot the enemy would not know.


28 posted on 05/09/2009 10:45:39 AM PDT by svcw (There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who know binary and those who don't.)
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To: big black dog

Guerrilla tactics that colonists learned from Indians during the French And Indian War helped Americans win the Revolutionary War.


29 posted on 05/09/2009 10:45:47 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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To: big black dog

"Your name, big black dog . . . is it Native American?"

30 posted on 05/09/2009 10:45:47 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: big black dog

Illegal Immigration has always been a problem. Just ask the Indians.


31 posted on 05/09/2009 10:45:48 AM PDT by BGHater (It's easy to be a Conservative now.)
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To: big black dog

You’re assuming that an old Hollywood movie accurately depicts the battle tactics of tribal groups. I would imagine that the film director would choose the battle tactics that best fit his movie.


32 posted on 05/09/2009 10:48:20 AM PDT by beejaa
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To: big black dog

Remember “Blazing Saddles?”

It was hysterical when they met up with the injuns.


33 posted on 05/09/2009 10:51:10 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: mnehring

I was gonna say - Hollywood isn’t exactly known for historical accuracy.


34 posted on 05/09/2009 10:52:44 AM PDT by kc8ukw
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To: BGHater

“Illegal Immigration has always been a problem. Just ask the Indians.”

Absolutely. The biggest problem for the Indian is the same problem we have....US leaders who refuse to use the rule of law and instead rule by special interests. History does indeed repeat itself. We consider ourselves ‘land owners’...but the government owns our homes by way of taxation, regulation, etc. just as they did to the Indian and we’re just as vulnerable to losing our culture and homes as the Indian was.


35 posted on 05/09/2009 10:55:03 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: big black dog
You might want to ask George Armstrong Custer about Indian tactics. The Seminole, the Shawnee, the Creek, the Apache and others also gave the US Army a rough time for a pretty long while. And the Comanche ran the Texas Rangers ragged for a couple or three decades. What? 125 years to completly subdue a people with stoneage technology. Methinks, they were over powered by sheer manpower and western technology not by tactics. Too many “B” westerns?
36 posted on 05/09/2009 10:55:22 AM PDT by Tupelo
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To: Tupelo

Chief Sitting Bull this is Custer, Custer Sitting Bull, call the toss Cus. Cus called heads it’s tails, you lose Cus. ha. What do you want to do Bull? Bull says they will kick off. Bull says for you to take all your men down to the valley and remain in a circle while he and all the Indians in the world ride down on you.


37 posted on 05/09/2009 11:00:51 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: mnehring

“The only idiots are those who study battle tactic from movies.”

Hear, hear, touche’ and all that jazz.


38 posted on 05/09/2009 11:03:12 AM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

I called Jacobs Field today, asking for the start time for today’s game.
They asked me what time could I get there?


39 posted on 05/09/2009 11:03:19 AM PDT by cydcharisse
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To: Tupelo

Did you get to see the PBS series now airing, “We shall remain”? They actually did a pretty good job on this.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233470/posts


40 posted on 05/09/2009 11:04:15 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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