Cattle raiding

out of their homes, “I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades [fenced-in enclosures]. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning, I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started toward the west . . .” This part of his journal describes the troubles of how the Indians had to keep moving from territory to territory because of how the Americans kept taking their…

Violations of hunting laws and regulations concerning wildlife management, local or international wildlife conservation schemes constitute wildlife crimes that are typically punishable. In rural areas of the United States, the key motives for poaching are poverty. Wildlife biologists and conservationists consider poaching to have a detrimental effect on biodiversity both within and outside protected areas as wildlife populations decline, species are depleted locally, and the functionality of…

In the settlement period, cattle became more populous than caprines, the reason being that having cattle gave off an aura of wealth. And wealth, of course, begets respect. Since the vikings had just entered this new, unstable climate, they hastened to herd as much cattle as possible so they could cement their social status. However, eventually, cattle became too problematic for most people to keep: “The Norse settlers preferred cattle over sheep and goats, despite the ecology of…

increased the inboekeling system greatly. Prior to the sugar demand, one of the driving forces into introducing slavery into the interior was the need for labour on the Dutch sheep and cattle farms. The children that were captured were used most commonly to manufacture soap, using sheep fat . This pattern of slave raiding across the Cape frontier continued into the early decades of the 19th century, without actually becoming a slave-trade system . Until the late 1820s, few of the communities…

really have a lot freedom and they had a lot of disadvantages. According to Jason in the novel it describes what he lived, he explained all it went on all the suffering etc. ..By this means they forced him to take a raiding party to some other place where they carried off men and cattle and brought them to our farm. Among those were my father, mother and sister. Then they used thumbscrews, which they cleverly made out of their pistols, to torture the peasants, as if they wanted to burn witches.…

July 9th 2011, South Sudan celebrates its independence. with a population of 8 million, South Sudan becomes the world's newest Nation. South Sudan is rich in oil, but it's one of the least developed areas on earth after Decades of Civil Wars. today, some South Sudanese live on a diet of roots, water lilies, grass, and leaves. this is due to the Civil War which is currently destroying this young nation. the war has killed thousands and has displaced millions of civilians from their homes. Many…

settlement on this new, fresh land. But their expectations were soon destroyed. There was no timber, meaning houses were made of sod, stone, and driftwood. The land was not good for farming, meaning people had to rely on pastures with sheep and cattle. Despite these odds, the Greenland Norse settlements peaked at 3000 people. But then, by the 15th century, they disappeared. There are two major theories on why the Greenland Norse civilizations…

prey species. The key to saving tigers is immediate and severe protection of the remaining populations. However, the Lion which is a vulnerable species faces being hunted for sport and being in conflict with humans because of cattle farming. Lions fall back to stock raiding behavior as a result of them losing their habitats. This also makes them have conflict with humans leading to them being killed. But, with protection unlike the Tiger the Lion has full protection from the Convention for…

Scandinavia in places such as Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. This group of people hunted for their food, and lived off the land. This is different from other parts of the world that had great civilizations, which tended to grow the vegetables, raise the cattle and pigs, and overall were able to survive without having to go into the wild and get their food. The religious beliefs of the Vikings differed from the rest of the world as well. They have a God, which his name is Odin. “The great ash…

strength and brutality while installing governments that incorporated local customs to maintain control. The formation of the Mongolian Empire first starts with the Tatars who were subjugated under a powerful prince who had levied high taxes on their cattle and limited their movement to certain areas…