hutnykmc

hutnykmc t1_j275fts wrote

The Reservation Era ran from 1850-1887. So, without being an expert on too many of the finer details and with the heavy push of Manifest Destiny and the frontier expansionist incentive programs that stemmed from it, it’s likely to at least some degree that at least most natives were already relocated by that time specifically to make way for settlers.

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hutnykmc t1_j1yxftz wrote

"Virgin" land (specifically in this context) typically doesn't translate to "uninhabited" but rather "unworked", meaning all of the resources used for agriculture and construction haven't been tapped, altered, or processed in any measurable way for the advancement of whatever Western civilization influence comes into contact with it first. It's more of a matter of semantic accuracy, not necessarily historic accuracy.

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