From history I've read, the Natives greeted the settlers, sometimes with food and gifts, and sometimes they just ignored them and went on with their business.
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement, it was on the territory of the Powhatans. The Powhatans watched the English settle but did not attack. When the English were starving during the winter of 1610, some English decided to join the Indians. The governor of the Indians sent an order to the Powhatans to return the "runaways", but the Indians didn't like the idea of forcing people to go and leave, so the English sent out soldiers to "take revenge".
My question is, even if they were called Natives or Indians, is it possible that they were more civilized than the English settlers?
2007-03-03
19:56:59
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