Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: Floppies Date: 25 Sep 2025 00:15:37 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10ai0bj$599f$1@dont-email.me> <5FLzQ.110783$OHH2.12315@fx14.iad> <10aoava$1jlb8$1@dont-email.me> <10aocau$1jued$1@dont-email.me> <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10aogmh$1kdk0$2@dont-email.me> <10aojal$1lmtl$1@dont-email.me> <10aoodo$1mm57$1@dont-email.me> <10aorpq$1nn70$1@dont-email.me> <56l7qlxno2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7vOdnfVFdLDSYkz1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10ati2m$2ro6u$1@dont-email.me> <10atj5t$2s3p4$1@dont-email.me> <10atqhd$2tjc4$1@dont-email.me> <1kDAQ.92$Jpef.9@fx15.ams1> <10av93r$3acjh$2@dont-email.me> <10avgu9$3c3k8$1@dont-email.me> <20250924082650.00005886@gmail.com> <10b16nk$3pe1v$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3zFm5AVIjBlxZ3RHi44C1AFTWn9G0ymhREiH7XaJbyjOkuqTY6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fx6Rg4kmghpaWgAUhTTrcqAcnfo= sha256:SMhpCRc3Es8NNlFItjHFm0tZAD+aD2QO7uEJHcEAXec= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75146 alt.usage.english:1128915 On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:37:06 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > The Europeans came and disrupted the native Americans who > with a Confederation of Tribes had invented a parliment and executive > body. Which is where Franklin got some of his ideas to the best of my > recollection. That's the propaganda and is a very romantic view of the Iroquois Confederacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars The French and Indian War was a continuation with the Iroquois on the British side.