Great Britain’s imperial ambitions resulted in a series of military conflicts with its European neighbors that spread to the North American colonies. Unable to avoid warfare, some colonists developed strategic alliances with Native Americans. The willingness had less to do with the friendly feelings toward the Americans and more with their recognition of the colonists growing power on the continent. Many of the English colonists were more than happy to engage in warfare with the unfamiliar and “dangerous savages.” Captain Lovewell’s account in the Ballad of Pigwacket shows this willingness to fight with the Native Americans. Lovewell and his men found a lone Indian and ordered him to stop, the Indian refused and ran.
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Specifically, no rum or hard liquor “in pain of having their houses pulled down.” There was also restrictions about selling the Indians more than five pounds of gunpowder and lead. These two drastically different time periods and accounts clearly portray the two opposing viewpoints of the colonists. The similarities and differences between the two perspectives of the two accounts, the conflict between the Indians and the colonists, and the reliability of the accounts will be examined and thoroughly …show more content…
Only twenty Indians made it out alive while the English bringing home their wounded had only sixteen survivors. This battle left both sides to mourn loss and left the English to celebrate their partial victory. Contrary to Lovewell and his men, James Kenny did not directly battle the Indians in warfare. However he did have confrontations with the Natives. Kenny owned a trading post near Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. This trading post was very close to Indian territory, the French and Indian war was winding down and he was in the middle of it. The trading post was located in a fort which was surrounded and protected by water. As the seasons went on the walls became less supported this led to anxious feelings amongst the residents. Trading regulations were set in place to protect the English from the Natives. This included selling rum or hard liquor and from renting or selling property such as horses or housing. All the way to limiting the amount of lead and gunpowder sold to the Indians. These regulations created even more animosity between the Natives and the
Specifically, no rum or hard liquor “in pain of having their houses pulled down.” There was also restrictions about selling the Indians more than five pounds of gunpowder and lead. These two drastically different time periods and accounts clearly portray the two opposing viewpoints of the colonists. The similarities and differences between the two perspectives of the two accounts, the conflict between the Indians and the colonists, and the reliability of the accounts will be examined and thoroughly …show more content…
Only twenty Indians made it out alive while the English bringing home their wounded had only sixteen survivors. This battle left both sides to mourn loss and left the English to celebrate their partial victory. Contrary to Lovewell and his men, James Kenny did not directly battle the Indians in warfare. However he did have confrontations with the Natives. Kenny owned a trading post near Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. This trading post was very close to Indian territory, the French and Indian war was winding down and he was in the middle of it. The trading post was located in a fort which was surrounded and protected by water. As the seasons went on the walls became less supported this led to anxious feelings amongst the residents. Trading regulations were set in place to protect the English from the Natives. This included selling rum or hard liquor and from renting or selling property such as horses or housing. All the way to limiting the amount of lead and gunpowder sold to the Indians. These regulations created even more animosity between the Natives and the