ward1:  "Natives were often hostile towards white settlers, & *were well known for committing savage atrocities & slaughter of white settlers in Oregon* ".  and as the whites pulled homesteads right out of the hands  of the native ,, they served tea and crumpets.  oh and gifted them with beads and fire water. do you think the whites didn't fight as  dirty?  they  felt righteous about it - god's chosen people.