From: spottedpony@dontemailme.com   
      
   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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