settlers
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In the 1770s, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition of settlers into what would later become California, bringing donkeys and horses with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
More than 500,000 settlers live in the territory which is home to some three million Palestinians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 1614, after years of conflict with the settlers, he married off his teenage daughter Pocahontas to the English tobacco farmer John Rolfe, which brought a temporary truce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
As for fish, settlers had begun introducing non-native species by the late 1800s for sport fishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The natives also went toHog Island, which the settlers had stocked with hundreds of hogs, and slaughtered them all.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
