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Quote by: Jern_Sandyer  Quite disturbing and I have to wonder how much of my history books have had a 'nice' history even though I'm in Canada and we didn't have the Indian Wars but I want to know to what extent we practiced similar actions. Though now that I think about it off hand I remember something about how when Canada spread west we sent our Mounties out if an American Tribe was being hunted they would go to the Canada border and if they came across a Mountie the americans wouldn't hurt them......Well I've rambled on enough about history. |
When France controlled parts of Canada they hired indians to keep the English and others out of their truf, they paid them so much for each scalp they brought back to prove they killed a English (or other) invader into what is now Canada. And so the early people who lived in Canada were the ones who started the American-Indian wars. In effect - the conflicts in the northern parts of the USA were paid for by Canada (before the English gained control over France).
But that is another topic.