02-27-2014, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by deltav
Ahh, gotta love the irony of countering an exaggeratedly high figure not based in accepted historical research with an exaggeratedly low one not based in research.
The population estimates from actual historians of pre-Columbian North American (i.e. excluding SA) range from 1-2 million to around 20 million. After the bulk of them died, it actually took centuries for many regions to climb back to their pre Columbian population levels.
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and I love people that point their fingers at others re: a lack of reseach without even showing 1 iota of being capable of research
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Various statistics have been developed concerning the devastation of the American Indian Wars on the peoples involved. One notable study by Gregory Michno used records dealing with figures "as a direct result of" engagements and concluded that "of the 21,586 total casualties tabulated in this survey, military personnel and civilians accounted for 6,596 (31%), while Indian casualties totaled about 14,990 (69%)."
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I over-exaggerated, btw. |
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