In the begining of our US History.
2006-09-27 05:26:00 · 4 answers · asked by Me 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No. They were taken advantage of, had their riches stolen, and were taken as slaves. Good ol Chris Columbus was one of the biggest abusers. There's a report where he was trying to show the Indians his sword, and handed it to them blade first, and sliced their hand when they grabbed it. Disgusting.
2006-09-27 05:42:32 · answer #1 · answered by Arnold M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually some Natives and Pilgrims got along. Just like everything there are people who don't trust others. That's what happened. The Pilgrims trusted and most of the Indians did too. This is how we got thanksgiving. The Indians and English sat together to be thankful for the harvest.
A missionary is in the wrong business if he does not approach every person with an opened mind.
You also had some natives and some explorers that did not trust. This is where the problems started.
2006-09-27 05:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by ToServe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first explorers to the new Americas treated the resident peoples as animals to be worked to death, used as slaves or exterminated as unwanted chattel because that was the way of the world at that time. Nothing much has changed. The last free north American Indian died in 1907 in California according to Dee Brown.
2006-09-27 05:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they did. I think they treated them as illiterate savages.
2006-09-27 05:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by cooperman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋