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- From: briand@anasazi.com (Brian Douglass)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Columbus vs Indians (was Re: PC lives)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.222204.22579@anasazi.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:22:04 GMT
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- In article <nate.980@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
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- >Unfortunately for the Indians conversion to Christianity wasn't much
- >protection from disease, and the estimated pre-1500's native population of
- >over 100 million was very quickly reduced to as few as 5 million.
- >
- > Your theory concerning cannibalism amongst the Carribs is hardly
- >sufficient to account for the deaths of over 95 million people in scarcely
- >30 years, nor for that matter is the theory that Aztec human sacrifice
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- Could you please post some references for the above numbers, 100 mill to 5,
- 95 mill in 30 years.
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- Thank you.
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- >--
- >Nathan Engle Software Juggler
- >Psychology Department Indiana University
- >nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
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