Settlers treated the Native Americans with no respect. For example, settlers were using all the resources that the Native Americans used to survive. They cut pinyon trees for charcoal to process ore, and since they cut the trees it destroyed their pine-nut crops which Native Americans used those to survive the western Great Basins harsh winters. The settlers also used the fertile valleys, for farming and ranching, and they denied the access to the Native Americans, so they would not get nuts, roots and seeds. The settlers also took away a lot of animals and food from the Native Americans, so they could feed their people. These decisions kept going, which led in the years of 1859-1860, that the Native Americans face starvation. Later in May
