Almost Insignificant Reminising

It's time now to prattle. To remember eighty years of existence on planet earth. Where did my recollections begin? Who knows. Perhaps when a few people, probably from Manchuria, Russia, and China, managed to trek across the Aleutians and enter what we now know as Alaska. Dressed in ragged animal skins and wrapped to ward off the bitter cold, they found the land too harsh to linger so most of them moved south toward warmer climes. A few of these folks split off from the main and nestled in Canada. Later this "branch" of early people found their way to the eastern coast (leaving small remnants here and there along the way) and continued southward toward the sun. They disbursed in small groups and then the groups gathered to become Indian nations.  These people, later described as Indians, traveled extensively in small tribes (groups) to locations across the land toward the east. By the time that America was "discovered" by Europeans there were Indians from New England and to the south, as well as toward the west. From the other (mythical) branch there were Indians from Washington State to the warmer south, and toward the east. 

Using the Mississippi River as a median of what eventually became America, Indians resided in virtually all parts of the land. They should be properly described as the original (aborigine) inhabitants of America. 

History is unreliable to this point but the land that was to become known as North America (Alaska, Canada, and America) was probably "discovered" by Europeans during the period between 1000 to 1492. Officially the American storyline is that Columbus "discovered" North America in 1492 in the name of Spain. Soon thereafter Columbus was followed by other exploring adventurers from several other  European nations. Many landed ashore and found Indian people inhabiting the area. They were universally primitive compared to the European adventurers that brashly ignored them - or considered them lesser people to be walked over.  The Europeans used their superior weapons to impose themselves and occupy the land. The Indians understandably resisted and soon became the "savage enemy".  After defeating them the arrogant invading newcomers took over the land and pushed the Indians aside.