3.) how does natural law protect or life, liberty and property?

Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are "life, liberty, and property." Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind. ... The purpose of government, Locke wrote, is to secure and protect the God-given inalienable natural rights of the people.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.