Settler violence: ~30,000–50,000 direct killings over ~300 years (per government/historical tallies).
Inter-tribal violence: Proportionally far higher lethality rates pre-contact; absolute numbers over longer periods likely comparable or greater, though undocumented aggregates prevent exact totals.
Overall Native decline (~90%+) was overwhelmingly from introduced diseases, not violence (Thornton). Direct comparisons are challenging due to better records for settler conflicts vs. pre-contact inter-tribal ones.
Sources include Thornton (disease dominance), Michno (specific war casualties), and Keeley (pre-contact warfare patterns). These reflect scholarly consensus balancing archaeological evidence with historical records.
The takeaway is that even if the settlers had been 100% non violent just showing up would have had the same effect.
Yeah, that's true in a lot of cases, but it's not because they need the money. It's because of leftover biological imperatives, that they can't reconcile with their independence and ability to make money themselves.