I completely agree with you assesment of Benjamin West and Frère Luc's paintings. These painting show two different views on Native Americans one as inferiors and the other as equals. In Frère Luc's painting the Native American is veiwed as inferior to Europeans. In the painting the Native American has gone though a process of assimilation and has accepted European superiority and converted to Christianity. Europeans adopted the process of assimilation because they believed that their religion and values were superior to the Native Americans. Benjamin West painting tells a much different story. In the painting William Penn is negotiating to buy land from the Native Americans. During this time it was common practice to just take the
