This is the second episode of The History of the Americans podcast, and Part 2 of The Americans Before Columbus. If you have not listened to the first episode, click here. I also recommend that you listen to the short introductory episode, which introduces the podcast series.

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References for this episode

Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

David Henige, Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate

John S. Marr and John T. Cathay, "New Hypothesis for Cause of Epidemic among Native Americans, New England, 1616–1619"