“Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element” (Bradford lines 74-79). The heavenly God did not just bring the people of England over to America. Along with the Puritans were countless changes for the Native Americans that were already there. William Bradford’s book “ Of Plymouth Plantation” and “Coming of Age in the Dawnland” written by Charles C. Mann were both about the Puritans and Native Americans. When the settlers came to America, the Native Americans’ lifestyles became different, as they were introduced to a new and different group of people, where they were introduced to another enemy and learned to settle instead of roaming.
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The Native Americans were grouped in tribes and often will have tribal wars.“Inside the settlement was a world of warmth, family, and familiar custom. But the world outside, as Thomas put it, was ‘a maze of confusing actions and individuals fighting to maintain as existence in the shadow of change.’ And that was before the Europeans showed up” (Mann lines 255-259). Before the Puritans arrived the Indians only had war between the different tribes. When the Puritans showed up the Indians then had another enemy. “The cry of the Indians was dreadful, especially when they saw their men run out of the rendezvous toward the shallop to recover their arms, the Indians wheeling about upon them” (Bradford lines 245-247). The Indian fought against the Puritans to protect their own territory. The Indians lives were changed now that the Puritans had became another enemy to
The Native Americans were grouped in tribes and often will have tribal wars.“Inside the settlement was a world of warmth, family, and familiar custom. But the world outside, as Thomas put it, was ‘a maze of confusing actions and individuals fighting to maintain as existence in the shadow of change.’ And that was before the Europeans showed up” (Mann lines 255-259). Before the Puritans arrived the Indians only had war between the different tribes. When the Puritans showed up the Indians then had another enemy. “The cry of the Indians was dreadful, especially when they saw their men run out of the rendezvous toward the shallop to recover their arms, the Indians wheeling about upon them” (Bradford lines 245-247). The Indian fought against the Puritans to protect their own territory. The Indians lives were changed now that the Puritans had became another enemy to