To: colorado tanker
The Indians actually farmed quite extensively. Plus, the Indian farmers should have prevailed if your thesis were to be true(considering the time span they were there).
There is another more serious problem with your thesis, many places were converted from nomadic to farming but the people were still the same.
The Indians are gone from quite large population estimates. They are limited to reserves.
I did not state that the Indians did not fight just as bad or worse, in fact there is evidence that Caucasians were in North America (a 7000 year old skeleton has been found and there are stories of a red haired tribe). These Caucasians were wiped out.
To: demecleze
Most of your post doesn't make much sense. To European agriculturalists the land looked empty, they occupied it and farmed it.
The Native Americans have made an enormous mistake by staying on the reservations. The European-Americans made their own painful transition from an agricultural to an industrial and urban economy. This has been very painful for the rural areas that have lost population and whole towns as fewer farmers are needed. By staying on the reservations, the Native Americans place themselves in an economically untenable position - there's not enough work in those rural areas and never will be.
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