The simple fact is that America was a little harsh on the natives. They claimed their manifest destiny, and rolled over lands no matter who was already living there. The indians fought back, as is to be expected. The indians hated the white man because the white man heralded the end of their way of life. But with all things, the strong survive, and the indians were eventually put down, not before many lives were claimed on both sides. Make no mistake, it was not a genocide, it was a war. It was as much a war for territory as any other war in American history, there were treaties among tribes, there were battles, there were heroes, there were everything, the only thing lacking is a name for the overall conflict. In war, people die, villages are plundered, and atrocities are committed, such is the nature of the beast, but genocide is something else entirely, and should not be compared to what happened to the Native Americans.