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In the first Spanish colonies, how did nearly all Indigenous peoples die?

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Everywhere the Spanish settled, they brought devastating diseases, such as smallpox, that led to a horrific loss of life among native peoples. European diseases killed far more native inhabitants than did Spanish swords.
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