History is a subject based on story telling. Sometimes, it is based off letters and written documents. History is not written down for others to learn in a nonbiased opinion in the present moment. Historians must go through these documents later and decide what is biased, and what is not. They must read about an event from multiple perspectives and try and pick out what happened and what is an opinion. With the information they have, they must make connections and guesses to fill in the missing information; however, there is no way to know if they are correct or not. In Daniel Richter’s novel, Facing East from Indian Country, he discusses how the evidence found from that time can paint a general picture, but it does not tell exactly what
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In this chapter, Richter uses three stories to talk about how the Native Americans dealt with the bringing in of material items, and how they tried to bring Europeans into their world on their terms. The story of “Pocahontas” showed things were different in the aspect that the Native Americans never harmed the Europeans. They captured John Smith and some of his men, but their lives were never in danger. The Native Americans tried to find peace with the Europeans; however, they went and captured Pocahontas. Richter wrote that it might have been possible for the Native Americans to assimilate into European culture, and they might have been able to have the Europeans not tried to force the Native Americans into having the same culture as …show more content…
The Native Americas and Euro-Americans history depended on the other from the first time the Europeans stepped foot in America; they grew to depend on each other for trade. The Native Americans sometimes made agreements with several groups of Europeans and took advantage of them. The Europeans often depended on the Native Americans to learn how to survive off the land. The two groups often fought with each other. Anything one group did, directly effected the other
In this chapter, Richter uses three stories to talk about how the Native Americans dealt with the bringing in of material items, and how they tried to bring Europeans into their world on their terms. The story of “Pocahontas” showed things were different in the aspect that the Native Americans never harmed the Europeans. They captured John Smith and some of his men, but their lives were never in danger. The Native Americans tried to find peace with the Europeans; however, they went and captured Pocahontas. Richter wrote that it might have been possible for the Native Americans to assimilate into European culture, and they might have been able to have the Europeans not tried to force the Native Americans into having the same culture as …show more content…
The Native Americas and Euro-Americans history depended on the other from the first time the Europeans stepped foot in America; they grew to depend on each other for trade. The Native Americans sometimes made agreements with several groups of Europeans and took advantage of them. The Europeans often depended on the Native Americans to learn how to survive off the land. The two groups often fought with each other. Anything one group did, directly effected the other