How did Indians and whites treat half-breeds on the frontier? Junior W. Mayberry Oklahoma City, Oklahoma By and large, half-breeds who were half-Indian/half-white had a hard time fitting into either world. I do believe the American Indians were much more racially tolerant than the whites. Many white trappers married Indian wives and became respected members of their spouse’s tribe. Their mixed-race children fared much better in the Indian’s world than in the white man’s world. All that bei


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