Europeans introduced North American native people to wool and linen cloth to replace their clothing fashioned from animal hides. Trade axes and knives of metal supplanted those of stone and a black powder musket became desired over traditional bows and arrows.
A better life, perhaps, but loss of an independent culture - to become more and more dependent on the encroaching tide of white traders.
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Europeans introduced North American native people to wool and linen cloth to replace their clothing fashioned from animal hides. Trade axes and knives of metal supplanted those of stone and a black powder musket became desired over traditional bows and arrows.
A better life, perhaps, but loss of an independent culture - to become more and more dependent on the encroaching tide of white traders.