As the European Settlers moved into the interior of Continents around the World, natural conflict erupted among the advancing settlers and the Indigenous populations that lived there. In North America these movements of Spanish/Mexicans north and the Americans movement West encountered the Native American Populations where violence erupted on numerous occasions. What were the basic causes of these sometimes very brutal encounters among these moving populations? Was there any way that violence could have been mitigated? Why are the histories of the dominate countries so lacking in discussions of these brutal encounters?

As the European Settlers moved into the interior of Continents around the World, natural conflict erupted among the advancing settlers and the Indigenous populations that lived there. In North America these movements of Spanish/Mexicans north and the Americans movement West encountered the Native American Populations where violence erupted on numerous occasions. What were the basic causes of these sometimes very brutal encounters among these moving populations? Was there any way that violence could have been mitigated? Why are the histories of the dominate countries so lacking in discussions of these brutal encounters?