Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population ..

The unearthed bones and artifacts indicate that when the violence took place, men, women and children were tortured, disemboweled, killed and often hacked to bits.

Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population : Discovery News

 

Of course it is difficult to tell exactly what happened in the case of the "Old Ones" (Anasazi), or whether those bones are their's or some other invading tribes. They have always been a mystery, even to the Native Americans who moved into their old "stomping grounds" after they were long gone.

Just started on a super interesting book called Blood and Thunder; by Hampton Sides. This is another one of those I am considering buying instead of just checking out at the Parmly. Covers the time-frame from just after the Louisiana Purchase, through the Mexican-American War, and a bit of the post Civil War period. So far, great book.