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
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
The use of forced slave labor by Europeans began almost as soon as the first Spanish settlers arrived in the New World.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
