In 1500 there were 60 million north american natives. In the early 1600s when the English settled, there were six million, most due to disease. It wasn't a sing

In 1500 there were 60 million north american natives. In the early 1600s when the English settled, there were six million, most due to disease. It wasn't a single event of course. The smallpox epidemic of 1862 killed far more native peoples in California than settlers. Smallpox killed 66% of all native people in British Columbia (20,000) in that event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862_Pacific_Northwest_smallpox_epidemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862_Pacific_Northwest_smallpo...