Bury me
Chapter 1 describes when it began that the first native Indians got into slavery of the White due to the discovery of what Columbus thought was India (giving the inhabitants the name Indio), but in fact was America (he landed in San Salvador on October 12, 1492). He described them as the most friendly and peaceful people in the world, but nonetheless stated that they should adopt European working habits and be christianised. It followed that many of the Indians were killed or taken as slaves and shipped to Europe by the Spaniards or their settlements taken over and put under Spanish reign.The British came more than one century later, and they pursued a different strategy, making good friends with the Indians in the beginning to get their trustiness. The Indians helped Englishmen to survive during the winter, giving the food and letting them live with them. After living together in peace for a certain time, they crowned the tribe Chief of the Powhatans (Wahunsonacook), named him King
Nonetheless, big eastern tribes like the Cherokees were driven even farther westward or also extinct as in 1838, gold was discovered in the Appalachian mountains. The same happened in 1848 in California and in 1850 in the mountains of Colorado. Again, many white people in the search for gold broke into Indian territory, and therefore, the government introduced Manifest Destiny, a paper which gave the Whites control over the whole of America, making them "responsible" for the Indians. This way, the permanent frontier along the 95th meridian line had practically vanished as over thirty million European settlers drove into the Indian country. With the great Civil War beginning in 1860, the Indians hoped that they would be relieved from their pressure, but this was not the case. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Iroquois, Ottawas, Shawnees, Miamis, Cherokee, Hurons and many other mighty tribes fought their battles and again had to surrender to the White's power and if not killed, they we
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Sharp Knife, Civil War, Europe Spaniards, French America, Pocahontas English, Cherokee Hurons, Manifest Destiny, Salvador October, Manuelito Navaho, Nez Perces, permanent frontier, civil war,
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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