On Friday, October 31, 2003 at 8:36:08 AM UTC-4, Apple Loosa wrote:   
   > It evidently was   
   > not intended as a derogatory term initially,   
   > but was in recognition of how much whiter the   
   > eyes of anglo-europeans were compared to   
   > those of the indigenous tribes in N.Amer.   
   >   
   > Anyone have any more definitive information   
   > on its origins, use, etc?   
   >   
   > Also, I'm curious about what the indigenous   
   > tribes thought of the first encounters with   
   > Afro-Amer blacks in "those days?" Were they   
   > also called "white eyes?"   
      
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