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Virginian Indians Ignorance

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Could ignorance contributed to the colonists “savage-like” tendencies? Could this ignorance be the same ignorance the colonists accused the Virginian Indians of exhibiting? The Virginian Indians knew not to settle in a certain place along the river because of the salt water that comes in from the Chesapeake Bay. (Contradiction: The colonists were knew to the area and would not have had any way of knowing this. But then again after a while they figured it out and even had an idea poised by John Smith to “migrate” when the fresh-salt water line moved up the river.) The English, specifically the colonists, drank water of which was contaminated with bacteria such as Escherichia coli and high levels of saline and ended up causing diseases that

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