Originally posted by tedrbr
You need to learn your people's history a bit better then. The diseases which Europeans brought to North America by some reports account for up to 9/10's of the deaths experienced by many Native American tribes. Often these malady's preceded the colonial expansion.
Some tribes, like the Comanche, were considered the best light cavalry in the world's history. Had the tribes had their original strength of numbers before disease wrecked their populations, history would have been very different, and probably much bloodier.
Among others Cheif Joseph managed to do pretty well there for a while.
I've often wondered what he coulda have done if he didnt have to worry about also carting women and children all over the place with him
