(September 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm)Chuck Wrote:(September 27, 2011 at 2:19 pm)paintpooper Wrote: But I though Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and discovered America? Right? That's what I was taught in school. So if there were people already here what happened to them all??? Hahahaha
Columbus bought diseases that killed 95% of them by some more recent estimates.
But they sure don't teach that in school. They make you celebrate the extinction of the indigenous people. When I think back about some things I learned in school, its pretty sad how much stuff they omitted.