• Drusas@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    I’m glad I don’t live in a mind that immediately turns so hostile. Must be tiresome.

    People on the east coast of what is now the United States did not have horses and were not very migratory. They probably did not travel far. I’m sure they had an understanding that there was a west coast due to interactions with other tribes. That doesn’t mean they knew where it was.

    Even if I’m wrong on any points, this is hardly a racist view.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      There were East-West trade routes before European settlers showed up.

      The Inca people of South America famously built a 25,000 mile long road, and they didn’t have horses, so access to horses is not a prerequisite for long distance travel.