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Compare And Contrast La Relacion And Of Plymouth Plantation

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Although both La Relacion by De Vaca and “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford were motivated by adventure, De Vaca’s attitude is one of where the Natives were friends whereas William Bradford attitude is hostile and unfriendly. The relationships in the two stories are different by how De Vaca treated the Native peoples whereas William Bradford had a different attitude or feeling for these people. But they both think that the Native people as savages and wild animals. In De Vaca’s story when they first encountered the Natives they in need of help and were dying off. The Natives and De Vaca’s men made a type of friendship because the Natives had compassion for them because of their death. “Bitter November cold, our bodies so emaciated we could easily count every bone.” (De Vaca 67-68,77) After the men were helped they built some vessels to try to get to New Spain but ended up in a disaster and more of De Vaca’s men getting killed. De Vaca and his men were later washed up on shore and the Natives saw them again and were frightened, the men were in need of help once again. “I went after them calling, and they returned, though frightened.” (78-79,77) But when they saw the dead on the shore they “sat down, and lamented for …show more content…

The settlers were not being open to the Natives and we setting rules. William Bradford show the attitude that the Native people were not to be trusted and were considered to be the enemy. They were called “Savages, barbarians, and Skulking” (119) The settlers did it in the “good providence of God.’’ (83) They were quick to arms and would not hesitate to fight the Natives. “They soon get their arms and let fly amongst them and quickly stopped their violence.” (91-92) their relationship between the settlers and the Native people was not that good. The settlers thought they had the right to fight the natives and that God gave them the right to do

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Native groups often took land and materials from weaker groups whenever it suited them. They understood the concept of ownership by conquest. From the time the first settlers landed on Turtle Island [America], the Natives were pushed from their home. In 1783, George Washington wrote a letter to James Duane, outlining principles of the Indian Policy of the Continental Congress. Washington outlined ‘an enlightened People’ would consider the Native to be deluded and that “as the country is large enough to contain us all; and as we are disposed to be kind to them and to partake in their trade…we will draw a veil over what is past and establish a boundary line between them and us beyond which we will endeavor to restrain our People from Hunting or Settling” (4).

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Being the first two well-known places in which the English would set out to colonize in 1607 and 1620, Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts hold very separate set of beliefs, standards, and outlooks on life then and the future to come. While paving the way for things such as slavery, taxes, ownership of land, inclusion of women, tobacco and government assemblies, John Smith and the people of Jamestown became a classical foundation for new life and economic growth for the new world that is, the United States. On the other hand, William Bradford and his people began to realize the intentions of the Church of England were unholy and had strayed away from God’s teachings from the Bible. With this in mind, the Pilgrims set on a voyage to the new world to seek religious freedom. As we know it, the Pilgrims sought for peace and a new way of living that was fair, just and free from religious corruptions.

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