Native Essays (302 words) - Native American Genocide,

Native Did European Settlement Victimize the Indians? 1. The two articles are debating whether or not European settlers harmed the Indians or killed them off, kicked them off their land. 2. I think there was misunderstanding in agreements between Indians and the settlers. When the settlers started taking more land and spreading their own territory the Native Americans werent happy with the way they were treated. 3. After reading the articles the indians had very different idea of who was coming to the New World. Because of the time spent on a ship across the ocean the settlers were sick, smelly, and carrying disease. When the settlers and indians came in contact it spread disease and it looked like an attempt to overrun the Native Americans. 4a. Forrest McDonald made the point that the diseases the settlers carried were new to the Indians and because their immune system hadnt fought off the disease so it killed them. 4b. Also, the Indians didnt believe in private ownership so the settlers didnt feel like they were invading the Natives land. And because the settlers outnumbered the natives it was easy to force them off the land. 4c. The Indians claim americans made many deals to please the Natives, and then would revert on them and would force the indians off their land. There were many treaties and claims that were broken over the years. 5. These articles taught me that the views of both the settlers and indians are very different. The indians believe the settlers are outrageous and filthy. The settlers believe the same about the indians. Also disease is a very big contributor to a large number of Native American deaths. There is one thing that no one can dispute and that is the fact that indians were displaced from their original settlements.