Ever since the first time True Son met his Uncle Wilse, all he talked about was how much he hated those red, colored Indians. Uncle Wilse believed that Indians were the worst people ever. On page 42 Uncle Wilse says, “Bad is good and good is bad, stealing is a virtue, lying is an art, and butchering and scalping white women and young ones is the master accomplishment” (Richter, 42). Uncle Wilse said this because he believed that was what in Indians drilled into True Sons head. On page 44, Uncle Wilse also said “The best thing that could have happened to them was blowing Indian heads off, kill Indian women and young children, scalping them and chopping and cutting off their feet and hands” (Richter, 44).
He states how the white men would go against the governments orders and go to the Indians’ lands and terrorize and murder the Indians for land. He proceeds saying that the white men would follow government orders only for
To coincide with Jackson’s fears and inability to trust the Indians, Remini provides an excerpt of a speech delivered by Shawnee Chief Tecumseh to the Creek Indian tribe in 1811 (Remini, p.1). Remini quotes the Indian chief saying, “Burn their dwellings-destroy their stock-slay their wives and children that the very breed may perish” (p.1). Hence, it is evident that the Indians aimed at dealing with the whites in a ruthless manner, a fact that warrants the United States’
As the son of a Comanche chief and a white captive by the name of Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from the status of a Comanche warrior to their tribal leader. Although not much is known about Parker’s personal life and early years, he plays a vital role in William T. Hagan’s book “Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief”. In this book, Hagan identifies the Comanche Chief through his upbringing to his death, describing his transactions with local Indian agents, presidents, high officials in Washington and the cattlemen of the western United States territory. The author presents the Indian chief as a “cultural broker” between the cultures of the white southerners and his tribal members, presenting a blend of beliefs that are heralded as progressive and traditional as he maintained the control and organization of his tribe. During a period of transition for the Comanche people,
As a result of his good reputation, Red Jacket was asked to preach among the Iroquois in New York State by a Boston missionary society. In his exordium, Sagoyewatha included the history of the white settlers’ arrival to this country. When their forefathers arrived, “an evil day came upon us... we gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return”. These
They truly wanted justice in the United States and most of the time, they were shot down. However, with this belief that the white men could soon be gone, they would do basically anything to get that. After the all, the white men were the ones holding the Indians back. In conclusion, this article has taught me that you can believe in something that may not be realistic. The Indians thought it was reasonable, but of course looking at it now from my point of view, I know that it was not.
An excellent example within the novel that correctly portrays the Native American’s hostility towards the people that they see as invaders takes place while the group is traveling by rail to Omaha.” They then perceived that the train was attacked by a band of Sioux. This was not the first attempt of these daring Indians, for more than once they had waylaid trains on the road.” The white man treated the Indians very poorly taking their land and their main food source. In result, the Indians fought back, and when they did so, the whites did too with just as much force.
They see Native Americans as uncivilized people and very unstable, as they might attack the Whites at any times and act like barbarians. Native American could not enforce their goals to preserve their culture and beliefs by being suppressed by the Whites and receiving racism. “There is not among these 300 bands of Indians one which has not suffered cruelly at the hands either of the government or of white settlers…” (Document 6) This gives an idea that among every group of Native Americans, all has experienced the cruelty from the government and white
This piece of evidence from Chief Joseph’s speech engages the audience because it appeals to their emotions. By stating the troubles of his people, he conveys his emotions which helps engage his audience into his argument. In conclusion, the speech Words Do Not Pay details the problems Chief Joseph and his people face. It includes how the white men forced them to leave their country even though they are all the same. Chief Joseph says that they were created by the same Great Spirit Chief, and that they should be free too.
In Life Among the Piutes, sarah winnemucca hopkins describes what happens when soldiers came to their reservation based off what white settlers tell the government. The most shocking instance of this happened when Winnemucca encountered a group of soldier who told her the white settlers accused the natives of stealing cattle, “the soldiers rode up to their [meaning the Piute’s] encampment and fired into it, and killed almost all the people that were there… after the soldiers had killed but all bur some little children and babies… the soldiers took them too… and set the camp on fire and threw them into the flames to see them burned alive”(78). This is an abhorrent act that is unthinkable in a functioning society. The natives had done nothing but want to hold some shred of land from the settlers who had taken everything from them and are exterminated like vermin. This was something that stayed hidden from many white settlers because of its barbarism and by exposing it Winnemucca truly educates the reader, past and present, on how natives are
The Indians weren’t hostile at the white men until the white men created conflict. It was the white men coming into their country and messing things up. The white men basically created conflict and punished the Indians for it. In a speech given by Ten Bears at the Treaty of Medicine Lodge, “My people do not trouble the white man at all; but two years ago, on this road, your soldiers commenced killing my young men, and on the Canadian also. My young men returned the fire, and fought your soldiers.
The speech that was read by Chief Red Jacket to defend the religious beliefs of his people is a powerful piece of literature that is underrated. The speech describes the feelings that were caused by the religious intolerance from the Americans. Currently, the United States have started to appreciate the impacts of the Native Americans and other minorities in history. However, a piece of history that has been quite hidden is the religious intolerance of Native Americans. Chief Red Jacket utilizes repetition, pathos, and rhetorical questions to convince the Americans to tolerate the religion of the Native Americans.
He does this by referring to the white men as “poisonous serpents” (Tecumseh, 232). Tecumseh shares the experiences that they had with the Europeans. The white men had asked for land sufficient for a wigwam, but how they turned greedy and the land was not enough for them (Tecumseh, 233). He warns the tribes of the harm the whites can do by causing them to separate. He wants the tribes to fear the whites and uses more metaphors like referring to them as white runners who are “devastating winds” and “rushing waters” (Tecumseh, 233).
Tom & Huck this is the overview of my paper. this will go over their differences and similarities. Tom and Huck are both young boys from the same tone. One lives with his aunt the other lives on his one.
He goes on to show how different white men and Native Americans are; by how they collect food by hunting, where they choose to live is not in the same place for long periods, and although white men have everything they did not have the right to take away liberty.
