Manifest Destiny: A Storm In The Rocky Mountains

We looked at several different photos that give representation of manifest destiny. The manifest destiny was when the Westerners tricked Native Americans into taking their land from them. Its called the Manifest Destiny because the Westerners thought that that land was a present from god and if was their destiny for them to take it no matter the costs. Lots of people migrated into the new land some to get rid of the Native Americans and some meant no harm Albert Bierstadt painted A Storm in the Rocky Mountains in 1866 to show the evil and saddest part of the Manifest Destiny. In this painting he symbolizes the dark colors and storm with evil when the Westerners came to migrate into the south. He also painted this in a Native American's point …show more content…
On the left side he shows a Westerners fort base that they built on the Native Americans land to let them know that they are now taking over the land and to tell that they are there no matter what theyre arent going anywhere. When you first look at the painting the first thing that you notice is the woman on the horse and everyone looking at the smoke that's coming into their village. Again the storm indicates bad coming which symbolizes the Westerners migrating. In this painting there is a tribe and families living that get their home and land taken from. All of the families look scared and frightened, they had everything going well but, then the Westerners just come to ruin every good thing they had. On the right there, are a couple of warm colors from before, they lived in peace and happiness than when the storm comes and brings dark colors with the smoke meaning war. This painting was right before battle that’s headed their way so all of the native americans are noticing. There is also an American flag on the Westerners fortress, with that they tried to sneak in a sign of trust, telling the Native Americans that they don’t have to worry anymore everything is going to be fine. He painted this in a Native American's perspective, showing their emotions and the way they saw things, giving you a better understanding of their lifestyle. In the back towards the center of the page there are tipis the more you look the more you see, all of those families will have to leave as soon as the Westerners say so. Most look scared, although some had looked already used to everything as if nothing new or they already expected this to happen. Then on the very left behind the fort there is a little bit of soldiers coming for battle or to warn the Native Americans to leave to new