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>> The Indians never posed a serious threat to American settlers, nor did they have neighboring allies who launched an all-out war on the U.S. in 1776. <<
Actually, the Indians on the Great Plains, and in the Minnesota Woodlands, did pose a serious threat to the settlers. That's why the government treated with the Indians, who reserved subsistence rights (still extant) in exchange for ceding their lands. Of course, the US promptly broke nearly all of the treaties it signed with the Indian nations.
