DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT IF INDIANS HAD BEEN THE FIRST TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC THAT THEY WOULD HAVE JUST LEFT PRIMITIVE EUROPEANS TO THEIR OWN DEVICES; GIVEN HUMAN NATURE, THEY WOULD HAVE EXPLOITED AND CONQUERED WITH LIKELY EVEN GREATER RUTHLESSNESS. LUST FOR POWER SIDES WITH NO RACE. ALL HUMANITY SHARES THIS FLAW.