The Colonization Of Native Americans In The 19th Century
Danielle Heinemann
September 10, 2014
His 106 Section 8
Bailey
When the English people started to arrive in America around the 19th century, they saw the land as their land. The government felt that the colonizing of people was much more the entitlement of the Native American and made several federal policies that insured specific tribes would be moved to pre-determined reservations to continue their traditional way of life. This was done despite how negatively it affected the Native Americans. After being forced to leave their native lands, many Indians discovered that life would be pretty difficult. By moving these tribes, the government forced them to try and find new resources such as shelter, ways to hunt/harvest food, and water …show more content…
Little did the Native American’s know that soon they would have to fight to attempt to save the place they knew as their home. For example, Cochise of the Chiricahua Apaches stated, “When I was young I walked all over this country, east and west, and saw no other people than the Apache. After many summers I walked again and found another race of people had come to take it” (192). The Apaches was one of many tribes that were affected by the government and other white settlers. When the settlers came across the Apaches, they explained to the tribe that they were to leave their land and move to a spot that they had predetermined for them. This did not go over well with the Indians and most refused to leave the reservation. Not only did the government try to force the Indians out of their land, but also accused the Chiricahuas of stealing the land, which ended in altercation and death on both sides that from the war that broke out between the two sides. Ultimately, the Apaches ended up on the reservation or ejected to …show more content…
According to the text, this policy stated that the Wollaway Valley and three- fourths of the land would be given to the settlers, which left them with only a small reservation in what is now Idaho (317). A chief, known as Old Joseph, was not accepting of this treaty and showed his disapproval by not attending the signing of the treaty. Old Joseph passed away soon after this incident, passing on the power to Young Joseph. Eventually, the white settlers arrived on the land and outraged the Nez Percés tribe. Not only did the settlers steal the horses of the Indians, white politicians then traveled back to Washington telling lies about the Native Americans. Young Joseph wanted to advocate peace desperately but he was forced to retaliate because some of his people killed several white settlers. Young Joseph had said, “…if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people. I blame my young men and white men…I would have taken my people to buffalo country…(322). Although Young Joseph was a peaceful person, he stuck by his people and they successfully fled to
September 10, 2014
His 106 Section 8
Bailey
When the English people started to arrive in America around the 19th century, they saw the land as their land. The government felt that the colonizing of people was much more the entitlement of the Native American and made several federal policies that insured specific tribes would be moved to pre-determined reservations to continue their traditional way of life. This was done despite how negatively it affected the Native Americans. After being forced to leave their native lands, many Indians discovered that life would be pretty difficult. By moving these tribes, the government forced them to try and find new resources such as shelter, ways to hunt/harvest food, and water …show more content…
Little did the Native American’s know that soon they would have to fight to attempt to save the place they knew as their home. For example, Cochise of the Chiricahua Apaches stated, “When I was young I walked all over this country, east and west, and saw no other people than the Apache. After many summers I walked again and found another race of people had come to take it” (192). The Apaches was one of many tribes that were affected by the government and other white settlers. When the settlers came across the Apaches, they explained to the tribe that they were to leave their land and move to a spot that they had predetermined for them. This did not go over well with the Indians and most refused to leave the reservation. Not only did the government try to force the Indians out of their land, but also accused the Chiricahuas of stealing the land, which ended in altercation and death on both sides that from the war that broke out between the two sides. Ultimately, the Apaches ended up on the reservation or ejected to …show more content…
According to the text, this policy stated that the Wollaway Valley and three- fourths of the land would be given to the settlers, which left them with only a small reservation in what is now Idaho (317). A chief, known as Old Joseph, was not accepting of this treaty and showed his disapproval by not attending the signing of the treaty. Old Joseph passed away soon after this incident, passing on the power to Young Joseph. Eventually, the white settlers arrived on the land and outraged the Nez Percés tribe. Not only did the settlers steal the horses of the Indians, white politicians then traveled back to Washington telling lies about the Native Americans. Young Joseph wanted to advocate peace desperately but he was forced to retaliate because some of his people killed several white settlers. Young Joseph had said, “…if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people. I blame my young men and white men…I would have taken my people to buffalo country…(322). Although Young Joseph was a peaceful person, he stuck by his people and they successfully fled to