From: yumyum@dontmail.com   
      
   In article <5598-4A02E2BF-264@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>,   
   bronco3006@webtv.net says...   
      
   >First the grab for the land.   
      
   I always am amazed when history of the USA is   
   taught using terms like "western expansion"   
   and "western frontier." That totally ignores   
   the NORTHERN expansion of the Spanish and French, which   
   predated "western expansion" by several centuries.   
   The Spanish had a particular interest in saving   
   the heathen souls by converting them - while   
   at the same time enslaving them.   
      
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