Why did white Americans kill Indians in history?

The expansion of civilization is usually like this: kill its king and serve its people, kill its people and take its money. The war between European immigrants and Indians is a history of the expansion of European civilization. The purpose of killing Indians is to gain their land and seize the ownership of resources. President andrew jackson declared it necessary to exterminate all Indian tribes. General Sherman, the hero of the Civil War, said: The only good Indian I have ever seen is the dead. After the civil war, the victorious northern army could do nothing, and the crusade against Indians became another war. The Holocaust, which began in the16th century, lasted for about 300 years, and the indigenous population of North America dropped sharply from10 million to 200,000. This is the real genocide.

First, the bison policy.

The number of bison is huge. The original population is about 6.5438+0.3 million. After 20 years of relentless slaughter by the American government, there are only about 1000 left. Bison is the main food source of Sioux tribes in India. Although the hunting skills of Sioux people are not high, the huge number of bison always allows them to prey on enough meat. On the one hand, in order to hunt wild cowhide, on the other hand, in order to cut off the food source of Sioux people, the US government has launched a large-scale and lasting cattle killing policy. Indians without bison had to enter the reservation to receive relief and agricultural technology from the American government; But grasslands are not suitable for farming, so a large number of Sioux people starve to death or become beggars.

Second, the scalp policy

During the period of British colonial rule, the system of offering a reward for Indian scalp always existed and was promulgated in the name of Her Majesty the Queen of England. After the founding of the United States, the scalp policy was continued, that is, after white people killed Indians, they could take their scalps to the government to receive rewards. Indian bonuses are between 50- 100 dollars. Since the establishment of the First Corps of the United States Army, suppressing Indians has become its basic task, and the army has acted as the main force to slaughter Indians in the territorial expansion. After the western development of the United States, many white people became cowboys in the west, and a large number of bounty hunters came into being. Their main task is to kill Indians in the west and ensure the safety of white immigrants. The army slaughtered big tribes, bounty hunters slaughtered small tribes or single Indians, and the silent and tacit cooperation between the army and bounty hunters greatly reduced the number of Indians.

Third, the Holocaust policy.

The expansion of the United States had a serious conflict with the Indians, who armed themselves to fight back against the whites. The two sides attacked each other and slaughtered each other, but in the end the United States won. Indians are backward in weapons and divided into hundreds of tribes. Each tribe fights with each other at the same time. The American army destroyed Indian tribes one by one by supporting one tribe to attack another. During the period of 1850- 1890 alone, about 45,000 Indians and19,000 whites died in the war between the two sides, killing each other regardless of age, weakness, women and children. President Washington's extinction policy was implemented after his army slaughtered Indians again and again. President Thomas Jefferson further continued and strengthened the previous Holocaust policy. He said: Americans must "pursue the destruction of Indians or drive them to places where we don't go." In the end, the number of Indians decreased sharply, lost a lot of land and dignity, and lived in the reservation allocated to them by the American government.