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The greatest cause of death among American Indians was?

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addition to deliberate killings and wars, Native Americans died in massive numbers from infections endemic among Europeans. Much of this was associated with respiratory tract infections, including smallpox
, tuberculosis, measles, and influenza
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The main cause of death was disease I think
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