At 23:54 -0500 on 4/18/1999, Jerri (Rogers) Chasteen mailed Re: NA comparison: >I would like to have a discussion on the development differences >between the NA and the late arrivals to their land. > >I am interested in 1)What would be some of the reasons for the white >man to have guns, gov't, etc. while the NA only had bows and arrows? >2) Can anyone give me a scenario of a day in a typical NA's life. > >Inasmuch as NA's meet and compete with the white man at his level is >that to say the differences are due to enviroment? The Euros (whoops, that's a unit of currency) the Invaders had been to China first, where they observed Chinese use of gunpowder. Being adaptive and innovative, which those in America were later to find out, the Invaders through trial and error and a number of wars among themselves, came up with cannon and musket. (It took someone from the woodsy parts of Pennsylvania and Kentucky to come up with the rifle.) Thank you for listening. Ted ==================================================== mailto:egburton@valint.net for personal conversation mailto:attorney@valint.net for Consulting Legal Work - if you are an attorney, swamped or puzzled, reply!