White Colonists Vs Indians

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The white colonists believed that most of, the Indians are unintelligent and cruel savages. They kept very high moral standards for life and a high value for the earth. It will be these moral standards and values that will bring the Indians to their death. The Indians and white settlers had a very different opinion of land and how to use the resources on the land. Whites saw land as a personal personnel property that they can utilize in any way they wish, and that could be bought and sold. The Indians on the other hand believed the land was the basis of a life that was created and given to them as a gift from the Great Spirit. The land was to be shared by everyone in the Indian race; therefore, Indians did not understand the concept of buying

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