Native Americans: Contact and Conflict (3 Discussion Points)
1. What was John Smith’s significance to the Native American stories?
Captain John Smith published the story of a young Indian girl, that he titled Pocahontas, though her real name was Mataoka. She had saved his life from death at the hands of her people. This friendly contact between Europeans and Native Americans followed into bloody encounters occurred again and again leading up to the Peqout War.
2. What were the biggest conflicts the Natives had with the English men?
I thought the biggest conflicts the Natives had with the English men were over territory and religion. The English men came to the Natives land as settlers and the Natives generously helped them by giving them land,
1. What was John Smith’s significance to the Native American stories?
Captain John Smith published the story of a young Indian girl, that he titled Pocahontas, though her real name was Mataoka. She had saved his life from death at the hands of her people. This friendly contact between Europeans and Native Americans followed into bloody encounters occurred again and again leading up to the Peqout War.
2. What were the biggest conflicts the Natives had with the English men?
I thought the biggest conflicts the Natives had with the English men were over territory and religion. The English men came to the Natives land as settlers and the Natives generously helped them by giving them land,