settlers

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A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

In the 19th century’s first four decades, Chapman traveled, mostly on foot, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, bringing seeds and methods of cultivation to settlers flooding the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 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

Between 1780 and 1815 the leaders of the new nation tried to go forward as “United” states but encountered resistance from settlers and from state governments.

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