Letter To Richard Frethrone

The whites tried to colonize the Natives land, and they Natives didn’t know how to handle it. They also couldn’t handle all the diseases, and illnesses that the white people brought with them as said in the background “europeans brought with them measles and smallpox, against which natives americans were not immune”. This started to kill the Native Americans, but not all things that the white’s brought over to the new land, weren't so bad. The Native Americans started running out of food, this lead them to start relying on Europeans goods or food and other necessary items as stated in the background “The Cherokees were losing their self-sufficiency and becoming increasingly dependent on European goods”. In Document 5 it says “your mothers, your sisters ask and beg of you not to of our land, We say ours. You are our descendants; take pity on our request.” This quote emphasises how much the cherokee women didn't want the whites colonizing Their land anymore, because they wanted the land passed down to the next generation for them the thrive and live. This later took a turn when the Native americans and the white started to realize that they couldn't live with the whites anymore, The two different races were to different in culture as said in document 4 “Indians cannot flourish in the neighborhood of the white population”. This later became an issue with the whites and later became the Indian Removal

Document E, called the “Massacre of Our Troops,” is an article from the New York Times published on July 6, 1876. It is written by Muggins Taylor, a scout for General Gibbons, and therefore, the account of events is from a white man’s perspective. As stated in the document, “Gen. Custer found the Indian camp of 2,000 lodges on the Little Horn, and immediately attacked it” (Doc E). This clearly depicts his harsh treatment of Native Americans as he attempted to kill them so Americans could possess their land. The Indians were surrounded by Custer’s regiment and merely reacted to his initial attack. Additionally, Document K, which is from the perspective of Crazy Horse, describes the situation that his tribe was in. Crazy Horse states, “They say we massacred him, but he would have done the same to us. Our first impulse was to escape but we were hemmed in and we had to fight” (Doc K). While most people believe that the Indians savagely attacked the white settlers, they truly had no choice. Custer’s troops had surrounded the Indian village leaving them with no option but to fight back. Custer planned an attack on the Native Americans portraying his deplorable treatment of the Native

The Europeans had became greedy and selfish. They had become reliant on the native Americans to do everything for them. They had made them do necessary tasks that they could have done themselves, but chose not too. They had made them carry them when they didn’t want to walk, feed them, fan them,carry their hammocks,etc. They had become conceited, thinking they were too “royal” to do anything for themselves. They had made the Native Americans slaves and servants to their every bidding no matter the circumstance. They had become puppets to the Europeans and they controlled the Natives and forced them to do whatever they wanted. They had made the Natives lose their dignity and sink so low by making them complete their every request. The Natives had been worn down and degraded to be known as nothing to the Europeans but servants and people who they could call to do something for them. Countless Natives had died because of what the Europeans had brought to them

Throughout the passage Las Casas accredit to the Spanish Apologia in such a way as to show his position as set forth in the Latin Defense. Las Casas speaks against the wars carried by the Spanish ostensibly, also arguing against the forced labor system, and a system of slavery which the Spanish imposed on the Indians. Many studies has shown that the Indian culture, lack human guidance and order, that the Native Americans cannot govern themselves. Las Casas assured his readers that the truth is opposite. Indian people pass the Romans and Greeks selecting their own gods, not men that are label

Often, people became indentured slaves due to hardships that were inevitable during their time. Two examples of such people are John Harrower and Richard Frethorne. While John Harrower lived a somewhat respectable and comfortable life as and indentured servant, Richard Frethorne had a much more difficult time. One reason for this may be because of their time differences; Jon Harrower is from the late 1700s, while Richard Frethorne is from the mid 1600s. Between John Harrower and Richard Frethorne , there are several similarities and contrasting differences which classify them both as indentured slaves living very different lives. Both men experienced similar hardships, different home lives and

In the first text, he talks about how the Indians pretty much saved the colonist from death because they supplied the colonist with goods need for their first winter. They were then attacked in 1622 by the colonist for the land to declare the government. (Muzzey) Bailey doesn’t give praise to the Indian’s like Muzzey did for saving the colonist. He discusses how the settlers find the new land and push the Indians aside. The Spaniards were not as successful as the English settlers at killing off the Indians. Many Indians died from the Indian Massacre, diseases, and starvation. Due to Pocahontas marrying John Rolfe in 1613, the colonist started peace with the Indians. (Bailey) For the third text, the author was a little more specific with the Indian tribe name. The tribe was the Tsenacomoco, and their weroance was Powhatan. Powhatan brother watched the colonist try to expand and convert Indians to Christianity. The war leader set up attacks all along the James River leading to 347 colonist dead on March 22, 1622. (Norton)

He also portrays the natives with lucid terms so as to shed an innocent light on them in an attempt to instill into his readers why it is so wrong for the Indians to be treated as they are by the Europeans.

The atrocities the English committed against the Powhatans were comparable of those of the Spanish. One instance in 1610, a Powhatan chief was convicted for being rude. An English officer and his men invaded the Native American town, “seized some of the natives, ‘putt some fiftene or sixtene to the Sworde’ and cut off their heads. Then he ordered his men to burn homes and crops. When the expedition returned to its boats, his men complained that Percy had spared an Indian ‘quene and her Children.’ Percy relented, and threw the children overboard ‘shoteinge owtt their Braynes in the water.’ His men insisted that he burn the queen alive, but Percy less cruel, stabbed her to death.” The English saw themselves superior and considered the Native Americans as savages.

Las Casas viewed the indigenous people in a good light, having said that they were humble and peaceful. He also stated that, for the most part, they were the type of people who wanted to mind to their own business and not get concerned with others. He was a spokesperson for the indigenous people in the new world, feeling the pain that these Spanish intruders forced upon them. The Spaniards didn’t share the same view, they were very cruel and unjust in the way that they treated the indigenous people. They had no respect for their culture or for what the indigenous people had created. Even so the indigenous

With each new situation, he incorporates an account of the attack through writing or art and furthermore, he explicates the image and snippets of writing while connecting them back to the main themes of social and political unrest. These are most likely legitimate sources as they were taken from museums and historical literature. Silver’s notes include long and detailed sources and extra information that builds onto the validation that they are reliable sources and stories. Our Savage Neighbors seems to be written for a college level or above as Silver is a university teacher and his occupation could have inspired him to target that age group. Silver’s writing style is quite graphic and vivid. He depicts depressing topics and capitalizes on detailed accounts of violence during the Indian War; therefore, it is practical that Our Savage Neighbors would be geared towards more mature readers. Similarly to his thesis, Silver speaks upon social and political history in a bottom-up format because he portrays smaller situations into a grander theme and his topics are largely associated with the natives’ and the settlers’ differences in their ways of

“Beans running fine and prices good, so the Indians could be, must be, wrong. You couldn’t have a hurricane when you’re making seven and eight dollars a day picking beans. Indians are dumb anyhow, always were. Another night of Stew Beef making dynamic subtleties with his drum and living, sculptural, grotesques in the dance”(155).

It gives perspective on the side of the American Indians. The source was limited, because it was very biased towards the side of the American Indians, and does not let the reader come to their own conclusion.

The historical context reports that the Spanish had conquered the Natives. The Spanish had terrorized and destroyed the culture of the Natives. The Spanish forced their culture onto the Natives without a choice in order to convert them. There was a culture clash between the Native Americans and the Spanish. The Spanish only desired expansion, therefore making the Natives their slaves as well as controlling their lifestyles. Uniting as one, the Natives were able to defeat and demonstrate that they would not go down without a challenge. The Natives were strong

One of the weaknesses of this book was the way in which a strong opinion of the author frequently came to the surface. The impression given when reading was one of bias in that the Spanish were wrong to come in and refine everything. This was reflected in the fact that periodically within the book, when the Spanish conquistadors did something to the Indians, it was pointed out how inhumane it was. Yet, when the Indians retaliated in some way, it was quickly pointed out how justified they were. The mentioned advantages that the Indians gained through the Spaniards were infrequent and underdeveloped.

Between 1790 and 1920 it was a tough time for the Indians. During that period Native Americans were forced to convert to the European-American Culture. Their whole life changed, the way of living, religion, and especially their children’s future. It was wrong of Americans to convert natives into a different society that they saw fit and not letting them express their own culture and treating them as an unworthy society.