| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Although the numbers of Indians of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland dwindled dramatically during the late 16th through early 18th centuries due to diseases such as small pox brought by the English, the wars with the English, and migrations out of the area, what finally destroyed the Indian culture as a whole was the encroachment of the English who were intent on building a plantation society.
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