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To: truedog who wrote (9527)	5/22/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

Well, my sources of information come from my college studies in my degree in Anthropology. If you like I can look up some resources, though it would take some time since I dont have access to a full academic library. The Souix didnt just migrate into the area, they forcefully took the Black Hills from pre-existing populations which were driven furthur west. The Souix were well known as the fiercest and most aggressive tribes in the northern plains. This can be attested to by first hand accounts from the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Similiarly the Iriquois were the bullies of the northeast, and raided as far south as the Carolinas for plunder and slaves. The Susquehannoks of my native Pennsylvania were a favorite target, as well as Lanape of the New Jersey, Phillie area and the Chessepeake indians of the Bay. My home town in Pennsylvania has a bit of history as it was on the path of a Ranger expedition in the early 1700's that was tracking a particularly bloody Iriquois raid into Pennsylvania. The Blackfeet in the Plains are another case in point, a notoriously viscous tribe which made eternal war on all its neighbors, and was feared even by the US Army for its cruelty. The Aztecs and Inca both were particularly aggressive tribes that had a comparatively advanced culture. Both their empires were built on conquest of neighbors and subjugation through tribute and terror. The Inca are better understood than the Aztec, as many of the subjects of the Inca that were essentially dependent classes of artisans openly embraced their new masters the Spaniards. Both cases were documented by the Spanish. The de Soto expedition also documented much in the way of life for Missippian Chiefdoms, which were in decline by the time of his arrival. At the hight of their power, Mississipian chiefs ruled over vast areas and subject tribes, most notably is Cahokia, which eventually collapsed we believe because the environmental aware indians stripped their territory of treecover and hunted out the game...