Sentences with phrase «when white settlers»

The eradication of wetlands in the so - called New World began when white settlers, intent on taming the land, started developing homesteads and town sites throughout what was to become the United States and Canada.

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Dear Abby: Perhaps the white settlers used the phrase «Indian giver» with each other when giving something they expected back, just as they knew that when their government gave land to the Indians, the government would eventually take it back.

In 1607, when settlers landed at Jamestown to start the first British colony, there were between 24 million and 31 million white - tailed deer in North America.

For example, as the western genre has sought to eulogise the mission of white settlers, for a long time Native American characters were rarely, if ever, translated (when Native languages were used — often it was gibberish, or even English dialogue played backwards).

When they are confronted by white settlers who are perhaps more brutal and unsparing than any foe they've faced, it's decision time for the duo.

The term «free state» dates back to South Africa's early history when, for almost 150 years, the white settlers, who lived between the Vaal and Orange rivers in an area they called the Orange Free State, were independent of British rule.

White settlers first arrived in the early 1800's when fur trading posts were founded in the area.