settlers

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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

The Acadians were French settlers in the eastern part of Canada.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Ford’s arrival in 1907 drew waves of German, Irish and Jewish settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Initially the British Crown did not provide much regular military support to the settlers in its colonies.

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