We often hear indigenous peoples died from disease introduced by European settlers in North and South America. If indigenous peoples there were susceptible to eradication by unfamiliar disease why is the same not true of disease and death to settlers? Or is it true but more easily overcome?
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They did die for sure, and in many different ways. I’m getting mixed results from Google, but basically every source says less than half of the groups of early settlers survived more than a few years, killed by things like starvation, typhoid, and exposure to the elements.
Apparently half was enough 🤷♀️
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