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To: Saije

Among the problems was a troubled relationship with nearby Indigenous tribes, which saw one of the colonists killed within days of arrival while hunting crabs.

Unlike today and back then, Indians considered crab and shellfish as starvation rations. So someone raiding their emergency food supply becomes an unwelcome enemy.


16 posted on 08/19/2023 6:50:17 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Thank you, very interesting.


30 posted on 08/20/2023 2:44:41 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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