Throughout the ENTIRE North American Frontier period the "kill ratio" was heavily in favor of the Natives, Indian warfare routinely involving feats of hardship to which only a handfull of Euros ever aspired.
Birdwatcher
Agreed. I'm not the one engagin' in hyperbole, I'm just quotin' one author, and we've been over this ground over the last 57 pages or so that I concede you've made a pretty strong argument and I'm more'n halfways convinced you're right.
I quoted Jackson, in support of your earlier post, to the effect that Texas was settled, not conquered.
