a more actual assessment of what happened in the US: * * Authors such as David Cesarani argued that United States government policies in furtherance of its so-called Manifest Destiny constituted genocide.[59] Determining how many people died as a direct result of armed conflict between Native Americans, and Europeans and their descendants, is difficult because accurate records are generally not available.[23] One notable study by Gregory Michno concluded that of 21,586 tabulated casualties, military personnel and settlers accounted for 6,596 (31%), while indigenous casualties totaled about 14,990 (69%) for the period 1850–90. However, Michno used Army estimates in almost every case, potentially biasing the results.[60] According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census (1894), The Indian wars under the government of the United States have been more than 40 in number. They have cost the lives of about 19,000 white men, women and children, including those killed in individual combats, and the lives of about 30,000 Indians.[61] Even if these figures underestimated indigenous casualties by a factor of 10, the number killed in the Indian wars represents only .3% of the 100 million total claimed by Stannard. Chalk and Jonassohn claimed that the deportation of the Cherokee tribe along the Trail of Tears would almost certainly be considered an act of genocide today.[62] The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the exodus. About 17,000 Cherokees — along with approximately 2,000 Cherokee-owned black slaves—were removed from their homes.[63] The number of people who died as a result of the Trail of Tears has been variously estimated. American doctor and missionary Elizur Butler, who made the journey with one party, estimated 4,000 deaths.[64]
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