[tang-soo]

Indians would live in ancient forests all along the Eastern seaboard

If there is no one to call 'em "Indians", are they still "Indians"?

[GonzoGOP]

If there is no one to call 'em "Indians", are they still "Indians"?

One interesting thing. What was it that the locals wanted most when the Europeans first showed up. Agricultural advancements, poetry, literature, any form of liberal arts education, or civil engineering? Nope they wanted guns, lots of guns. They liked metal axes too. And interestingly the locals in Africa were more than happy to sell their fellow Africans into slavery in exchange for, you guessed it, more guns. So they could kill each other much more efficiently. There were no noble savages. Just savages lacking a decent arms industry.