JC> JK> children or blankets given out that had smallpox in them.  The first
JC> JK> English folks who came here managed to get along with those that they
JC> JK> found before them,
JC> If you are talking about the English and the Pacific Northwest, it gets a
JC> little more confusing about who is "English".  The British, The
JC>Canadians,
JC> or the Americans?
Thinking about my own family back on Long Island in New York which had
no animosity at all about Indians.  Ever.  One of the male ancestors
even married one of them.  Cannot find any of the records of that today
as there were no reservations and no BIA then. That came a lot later,
along with "the others".
As far as the Pacific Northwest is concerned, the Spanish got here first
and introduced both syphillis and smallpox.  This is covered in
"Daughters of Copper Women" the tales told to a white reporter by the
Indian women about that time.
They tell of the Indian women who had intercourse with the Spanish
sailors so that they were easy for their men to kill, knowing that they
risked getting the dreaded syphillis.  They were considered to be
heroines.
The English and Americans arrived later.  Some of them married Indian
women and remained.  Then, again, "the others" arrived.
Even before that the Vikings came up the St. Lawrence and across the
top of the U.S.  Their wanderings have been documented by those who
sought out the places where they have left their mark long ago.  This
accounts for the blonds and red heads found in some of the West Coast
tribes.
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