A first encounter with anyone can be an awkward event for anyone. It can be even more awkward when the person has never seen a new kind of person before. The readings in the textbook all varied when it comes to the first encounters with Native Americans. Whether this was a frightening experience or a threatening one they all were similar in one observable way. The three stories chosen all depict the Indians in different ways. The selection has two stories within it which are the “The Iroquois Creation Story” and the “The Navajo Creation Story”. These stories are passed down myths that explain the creation of the land, the people, and the animals. The second selection is the section of the “First Encounters: Early European Accounts of Native
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Her narrative, “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” explains her encounter with the Indians in a puritan woman’s viewpoint. With her being a puritan woman, her viewpoint of the Native Americans was the most extreme. All three of the selections chosen have a common viewpoint of the Indians, that they were viewed as strong and intimidating people. The Native Americans creation stories were passed down from generation to generation so the versions vary. In particular, The Iroquois Creation tale in the textbook focuses on the foundation of the Great Island which is now North America. The story focuses on a woman who is pregnant who gives birth to twin babies. These twin babies in the story are referred to as the good and bad mind until given the names Enigorio (the good mind) and Enigonhahetgea (the bad mind). The tale tells what each person creates once they have grown older. Enigorio or the good mind creates the animals and night and day. Enigonhahetgea creates things such as mountains and waterfalls. The bad mind was truly jealous of his brother. The tale explains when Enigonhahetgea tries to create humans out of clay, but instead creates …show more content…
This excerpt takes place in North America. In the text, he is aided by Indians. Champlain uses the Indians as allies in aid of surviving in North America. The Indians were viewed as ruthless in most stories of the early settlements. The Indians protected Champlain in the text when it came to survival skills and even fighting. One example from the text is when the Native Americans helped Champlain in a fight against their enemies. The text reads, “As soon as we landed, our Indians began to run some two hundred yards towards their enemies, who stood firm and had not yet noticed my white companions who went off into the woods with some Indians. Our Indians began to call to me with loud cries; and to make way for me they divided into two groups, and put me ahead some twenty yards, and I marched on until I was within some thirty yards of the enemy…” (Champlain 61). Champlain used the Indians to advance. He knew the Indians were strong accustomed to fighting because of who they are. Although the Indians did help Champlain, they were still not respected as much as a regular European was. He refers to the Indians as “Our Indians” as if he owned them. It creates the idea that the Native Americans who helped him were viewed as just the help to succeed instead of humans. Though, Samuel De Champlain respected the strength of the Native Americans, so much he used their help in the obstacles
Her narrative, “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” explains her encounter with the Indians in a puritan woman’s viewpoint. With her being a puritan woman, her viewpoint of the Native Americans was the most extreme. All three of the selections chosen have a common viewpoint of the Indians, that they were viewed as strong and intimidating people. The Native Americans creation stories were passed down from generation to generation so the versions vary. In particular, The Iroquois Creation tale in the textbook focuses on the foundation of the Great Island which is now North America. The story focuses on a woman who is pregnant who gives birth to twin babies. These twin babies in the story are referred to as the good and bad mind until given the names Enigorio (the good mind) and Enigonhahetgea (the bad mind). The tale tells what each person creates once they have grown older. Enigorio or the good mind creates the animals and night and day. Enigonhahetgea creates things such as mountains and waterfalls. The bad mind was truly jealous of his brother. The tale explains when Enigonhahetgea tries to create humans out of clay, but instead creates …show more content…
This excerpt takes place in North America. In the text, he is aided by Indians. Champlain uses the Indians as allies in aid of surviving in North America. The Indians were viewed as ruthless in most stories of the early settlements. The Indians protected Champlain in the text when it came to survival skills and even fighting. One example from the text is when the Native Americans helped Champlain in a fight against their enemies. The text reads, “As soon as we landed, our Indians began to run some two hundred yards towards their enemies, who stood firm and had not yet noticed my white companions who went off into the woods with some Indians. Our Indians began to call to me with loud cries; and to make way for me they divided into two groups, and put me ahead some twenty yards, and I marched on until I was within some thirty yards of the enemy…” (Champlain 61). Champlain used the Indians to advance. He knew the Indians were strong accustomed to fighting because of who they are. Although the Indians did help Champlain, they were still not respected as much as a regular European was. He refers to the Indians as “Our Indians” as if he owned them. It creates the idea that the Native Americans who helped him were viewed as just the help to succeed instead of humans. Though, Samuel De Champlain respected the strength of the Native Americans, so much he used their help in the obstacles