Like They Was Human Or Somethin'

The history of pre-Columbian America is the history of war.

Pre-history of war?

History because we have the oral accounts of many of the tribes/nations of the American Indian.  Oral history that turned out to be more accurate than US accounts in several case, not least of which was The Battle of the Greasy Grass, where the oral traditions were vindicated when an actual forensic analysis of the battlefield was done.

But the history of the North American Indian is one of conflict, conquest and war.

Brace yourself.

The history of the European White Man is one of conflict, conquest and war.

Speak the wrong language?

Worship the wrong God?

Worship the right God the wrong way?

Live next to a valuable resource?

Look sideways at the wrong person?

WAR!

The only difference between the conquest of the west by the USA and the wars between the Indians was the US was far better equipped and organized.  Also, the US wasn't using a hunter-gatherer model for logistics.

The pros entered the chat in the economic depression following the Civil War and the amateurs used their superior tactics and knowledge of the terrain to lose against overwhelming numbers and Victorian era logistics.

There's account after account of the tribes trying to come to grips with what was happening and coming after them.

The white man was countless to them.  A clear, decisive victory over a white settlement didn't lead to a year's respite, it led to reprisals withing a week.

Western Civ does war as if it has never done anything else, you piss it off at your peril.

What happened is not evil, it's just what happens when two incompatible civilizations rub against each other.

Yes I said, civilizations.

The Indians were very civilized by their own rules and moral after their own way.

That doesn't matter.