Historians today ponder exactly what correlations happened between the Native Americans and the English Colonists. The first meetings with the tribes held levels of trust and suspicion that altered over intervals(Schultz, 2013). Consequently, as the European settlements began to grow and encroach on more and more Indian lands, relations became more strained(Native American Relations & Puritan Settlers, 2016). At any rate, it is seen through the decades of history's unfolding story that the once calm, coexisting relations abruptly switched to hostility. Originally peaceful relations were demolished majorly due to the settlers overwhelming lust for more land.
Initially, we may say that the Native Americans regarded the newcomers with a mixture of brotherly kindness and eagerness to make contact with the world outside(Rothbard, 2012). Given that the Indians soon began to offer food and traditional Indian hospitality to the newcomers(Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans. 2016). Admittedly, the Indians and Europeans even shared rituals, such as tea and rum drinking, …show more content…
To help the new arrivals get situated, the Indians were kind enough to allowed the English within their territories. Conversely, the colonists thought this gave them permission to dwell on the land for as long as they deemed fit. Under those circumstances, the natives believed that the newcomers had no right to permanently possess the grounds(Native American Relations & Puritan Settlers, 2016). Often times when they left their villages to hunt, fish, or gather resources, they returned to discover that their rightful lands had been seized by the colonists. Therefore, when the English began raiding Powhatan villages for food, the native leaders retaliated. Hence, a series of wars started in the Chesapeake Bay region that continued through the seventeenth century(Native American Relations & Puritan Settlers,
Initially, we may say that the Native Americans regarded the newcomers with a mixture of brotherly kindness and eagerness to make contact with the world outside(Rothbard, 2012). Given that the Indians soon began to offer food and traditional Indian hospitality to the newcomers(Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans. 2016). Admittedly, the Indians and Europeans even shared rituals, such as tea and rum drinking, …show more content…
To help the new arrivals get situated, the Indians were kind enough to allowed the English within their territories. Conversely, the colonists thought this gave them permission to dwell on the land for as long as they deemed fit. Under those circumstances, the natives believed that the newcomers had no right to permanently possess the grounds(Native American Relations & Puritan Settlers, 2016). Often times when they left their villages to hunt, fish, or gather resources, they returned to discover that their rightful lands had been seized by the colonists. Therefore, when the English began raiding Powhatan villages for food, the native leaders retaliated. Hence, a series of wars started in the Chesapeake Bay region that continued through the seventeenth century(Native American Relations & Puritan Settlers,