Native American Relations

Stepping onto new soil to colonize the Americas was not as successful as the English had planned. The Europeans encountered the Native Americans who were foreign to them and had to resolve their issues regarding cohabitation. They were both strangers who were forced to learn live together and work together. This would lead to the way America would eventually be formed and would formulate the relationship between the English and the Native Americans. This is important because the interaction of the two groups would foreshadow their relationship later. The Natives solution for peace was intermarriage, an idea which was proposed to William Byrd who, after analysis, agreed. However, intermarriage of the two cultures would not solve the issues but …show more content…
The Europeans had a terrible superiority complex and thought of the Indians as savages. On the outside the Europeans seemed as if they wanted peace but closer evaluation of their real motives would reveal their three main goals. The English wanted to spread their religion, take the Natives land, and ultimately wiping out the Indian race turning them white. William Byrd reveals this by saying “ By this piece of policy we find the French interest very much strengthened amongst the savages and their religion, such as it is, propagated just as far as their love.” This shows his intentions as well as the intentions of the English which were not in favor of love or selfless reasons but were in fact selfish and were only beneficial to the Europeans. In order to have a peaceful coexistence, both sides needed to respect each other and work together to make peace. Intermarriage does not allow the two group to work out their problems but only covers up their issues. This solution of it to marriage would be similar to applying a Band-Aid to a stab wound; it is impractical and does not solve the issue. In order to work out their issues that Europeans must've use the native as equals and stop treating them as if they were less than they were. Intermarriage would not lead to resolution because the English thought the natives …show more content…
This mistreatment of the Indians and the betrayal of the Natives led to the negative outcome seen. The Europeans and the Indians tried to resolve their conflict by proposing intermarriage which only caused more issues because of their differences and opposing worldviews. Throughout all three texts it is clear that the proposition of intermarriage could not be the solution for conflict despite the multiple attempts from the two groups and despite all of their efforts. One can clearly see that because the Europeans did not respect the Indians they could not have intermarry because they did not treat the Indians as equals thus leading to many more conflicts. This also lead to the deaths of many Indians as was as multiple Europeans which is the furthest thing from a peaceful resolution. It is quite clear that there are many ways to solve these problems but intermarriage was not the resolution for