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…the native population there. The Catholic Church and the Spanish monarch, however, looked upon the native population in the New World as souls to be saved. They did not consider or treat the Indians as equals. The implanting of Christianity in the New World…

…Throughout the narrative we can see how Mary Rowlandson’s views towards the food of the Indians gradually shifts throughout her captivity, and how this is related to the changes in her Puritan values and life throughout her eleven weeks of captivity…

…and culture. Crosby goes into great detail about disease and the impact it had on the peoples of the New World. He explains how pure and isolated the Indians lives were before white-men and their diseases entered the New World. Crosby tries to show the founding…

…ethos, an appeal to his own credibility, to further explain to the King that he's not a failure. When Cabeza de Vaca and his men meet up with the Christians, Cabeza de Vaca helps them out by sending some Indian followers for some food. "He [Alcarez] wanted me…

…the frantic tone of Columbus' diaries as he raced from one Caribbean island to the next, stealing anything of value (“Explaining the Reputation,” 2001). Although Indians probably would have traded their goods with the Spanish peacefully, it was once earnestly asked…

…the frantic tone of Columbus' diaries as he raced from one Caribbean island to the next, stealing anything of value (“Explaining the Reputation,” 2001). Although Indians probably would have traded their goods with the Spanish peacefully, it was once earnestly asked…

…Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and a leader of nonviolent movements to free India from Britain's rule. He accomplished this and many other things in his life that made a big impact on history as we know it. The Indians wanted their independence from…

…between the whites and the natives were the way in which the communicate. The Souix and the English languages are totally different. As depicted in the movie, it was hard for the early "peacemakers" to communicate with the Indians becuase of the language…

…. One day when he was ‘washing up’, he had a run in with an Indian. He scared the Indian off. Then a few came soon after. He decided to go over to the tribe and talk with them. He found a lady along the way, who was slicing her wrists. He took her back…

…Mary Rowlandson, a Puritan minister's wife, was captured during the war in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachusetts. She was held captive by a leading Indian family for eleven weeks, before being returned to her husband. In the book Rowlandson later…