settlers

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But after permanent settlers arrived in 1770, the island population disappeared rapidly.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

EU officials said that seven settlers or settler organisations would be sanctioned.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The settlers were from a recently reestablished settlement called Sa-Nur, situated on top of the hill above the cemetery.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Historians estimate that before the arrival of large numbers of European settlers, roughly 50,000 grizzlies ranged across the American West.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

This action angered both settlers who wanted to move into that region and the land speculators who sought to profit from selling land there.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz