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…for Portugal, the Spanish Church was sent in to get the Jesuits out. The would be effected by the continuation of the Jesuits because of the slave trade. If the Jesuits stayed, the Indians would have a spiritual leader . To brake their faith the Jesuits would…

…that inhabited the America’s interior. This mix of piety and adventure greatly affects Puritan literature. The captivity-narrative becomes most popular from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. In many of the captivity tales, cannibalistic Indians…

…and Smith’s works of literature describe the pros and cons of the New World. The first similarity between William Bradford and John Smith was when they first settled in America they wanted to teach the Indians their ways of life. This included religion…

…Tecumseh was a very significant Native American who gave his life for what he believed. He knew that the Americans were a tremendous threat to all Indian tribes, and realized that the Indians would be destroyed one by one if not united. Tecumseh created…

…to school in 1957 at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London at the age of 23. This is where he met his first wife, Dorthy. Goble and Dorthy had two children named Richard and Julia. In the Mid-1900’s, books about Native American Indians for his…

…, and the opening of lands with the removal of Indians, were a few of the many examples of western expansion. The Homestead Act, which became law on Jan. 1, 1863, allowed anyone to receive 160 acres of free land. The land was yours at the end of five years if you had…

…, the Choctaw Indians were the first tribe to walk the "Trail of Tears" westward. This removal policy of President Jackson's was aimed to encourage Indian tribes to sell their land in exchange for land in Oklahoma and Arkansas. However, this new land nothing like…

…Mary Jemison: White Woman of the Genesee The story of Mary Jemison is both inspiring and intriguing. She was captured at a young age by Indians, and forced to live with them. She endured many hardships while under captivity…

…and a white man. The manner in which each group handled the "treasure" was different, though. The first piece of literature, "Creation of the Whites," dealt with the Native American culture and how the white people made visits to the Indian's land on a few…

…will not be an easy one. The valleys, and canyons and their relationship to the characters also come into play when the Indians begin to discover the searchers. The men (except for Wayne of course) live in constant fear of the Comanche, and being isolated in the desert…