Treating_The_Indians

Treating The Indians The Native American Through time the concerns of a certain group can stay consistent. The legacy of common attitudes and goals of Native Americans of the last century have transcended to their present day descendents. The concerns of the last century Native Americans were that white men were infringing and stealing their land, while they were constantly trying to defend it. In their speeches of the last century, attitudes and the goals of Native Americans are reflected in present day writing. The Native American speech of Red Jacket, a Seneca clearly states his attitudes and goals. Red Jacket shows great respect for the land and fear of the white man taking it without invitation. In his speech, he talks about how they took the first white men in as brothers-in-need escaping wicked men in their own countries. Then the white man became greedy and selfish. He said “they wanted more land; they wanted their country.” Later he tells how they brought their poison (liquor) in return for their hospitality. Red Jacket also stated that once they took the country they pressed their religion upon them, which caused even greater resentment. The goal in which he strived to achieve was that american, white, native, man, red, goals, men, land, attitudes, americans, speech, through, respect, resentment, present, last, jacket, wanted, upon, towards, tells, said, pressed, people, once, harmony, generations, day, century, west, way, until, troops, treatment, took, time