The year was 1585, when those men came—or should I even call them that. For they were not men, the were monsters. In the town of Werowocomoco (present day capital city of Virginia) lived us, the Secotans. The territory in which we lived in—Wingandacoa—was bounded by the Pamlico River and Albermarle Sound. In our town, there was a long narrow road which held 11 houses, fields—in which we grew corn, tabacco, and sunflower—watched by someone on a stand, a charnel house, dance ground, and communal fires for cooking and our solemne feasts. It was not an open village, but one simply closed off by a stockade wall. We lived in the village only during winter time when we needed to keep warm. During the summer, we lived in the woods and hunted. We would
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One spoke words in which I could not understand. Then, the other seven or eight shot into a group of us. The one who spoke was hit by a pistol ball, but simply ran away as though he was not touched at all. As he was running, he was shot—yet again, this time with a petronel. They then chased our chief down into the woods. They took our chief, he was “shotte in two places through the boyde, and one clean through the thigh”. When they ascended from the woods, they were holding his …show more content…
The ones who you all know as heroes. How are they heroes if they stole our land? Took away lives from our people? We may have died, but at least we died fighting. We did not kill for what we wanted, but simply worked for it. So when your people—even children of mine—call those men heroes and the creators of your country, think about all we sacrificed and all they took. Ask yourself, do you really want to call those men—those men who stole, even killed—heroes? What is known as colonization to them, is known as thievery and murder to us. And for what? To leave our home shortly after they stole it from us? Colonization… defined as “the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area”. Colonization… should be defined as taking what is rightfully ours and doing whatever it takes to get
One spoke words in which I could not understand. Then, the other seven or eight shot into a group of us. The one who spoke was hit by a pistol ball, but simply ran away as though he was not touched at all. As he was running, he was shot—yet again, this time with a petronel. They then chased our chief down into the woods. They took our chief, he was “shotte in two places through the boyde, and one clean through the thigh”. When they ascended from the woods, they were holding his …show more content…
The ones who you all know as heroes. How are they heroes if they stole our land? Took away lives from our people? We may have died, but at least we died fighting. We did not kill for what we wanted, but simply worked for it. So when your people—even children of mine—call those men heroes and the creators of your country, think about all we sacrificed and all they took. Ask yourself, do you really want to call those men—those men who stole, even killed—heroes? What is known as colonization to them, is known as thievery and murder to us. And for what? To leave our home shortly after they stole it from us? Colonization… defined as “the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area”. Colonization… should be defined as taking what is rightfully ours and doing whatever it takes to get