Just in case you thought those ghastly white European settlers took advantage of all those peaceful American Indians
Think again.
USNews.com: Nation & World: Special Report: The Jamestown Story, 2007-01-29, in The Birth of America: Struggling From One Peril to the Next, the Jamestown Settlers Planted the Seeds of the American Spirit (page 3 of the web article; page 53 in the magazine):
Neither side felt secure. Some mornings found the Indians bringing corn to the settlement. On other days, they peppered the fort with arrows and picked off settlers who ventured outside its walls. In one instance, seven settlers in a boat spotted several native women on a riverbank. When the squaws returned their smiles, the men scrambled onto land, only to be confronted by warriors who had been hiding. Six of the seven managed to rush back to the boat. The straggler was stripped naked and tied to a stake, around which a fire was set. His tormentors used mussel shells to saw off his fingers and toes and skin him. He died as they danced around the flames.