"In 18th-century America, colonial society and Native American society sat side by side. The former was buddingly commercial; the latter was communal and tribal. As time went by, the settlers from Europe noticed something: No Indians were defecting to join colonial society, but many whites were defecting to live in the Native American one. "This struck them as strange. Colonial society was richer and more advanced. And yet people were voting with their feet the other way. "If colonial culture … Continue reading