None of that will stop them dying like flies to smallpox.
Oh and also, giving up traditional ways of life to live like the Americans didn't work out so well for some of the Cherokee. They played by all the rules, but as soon as prospectors found gold on their land they were pushed aside.
I've heard it went better for the Cherokee than for other tribes, which is why the Cherokee are the ones most people have heard of.
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