Mistreatment of Native American by the English essays

Mistreatment of Native American by the English essays Native Americans were mistreated by the English. Because the new settlers of America believed that land would benefit them greatly with a new life and new settlement. The Native Americans were driven off there land, they became slaves for New England, they were forced to choose a religion and they had social mistreatment. Settlers coming to America had many negative images of Native Americans. In 1502, Sebastian Cabot began parading around three Eskimos that he had kidnapped on an Arctic voyage. These Eskimos were described as "flesh-eating savages" and "brute beasts" that had a language they spoke in which no one could understand. Amerigo Vespucci stated that, "these Native Americans were, brutal, loathsome half men, who lived with an outlaw, religion, rulers, immortality of the soul, and private property." The English had another reason for believing that Indians would not be friendly. They had read the experience of the Spanish and the Aztecs. These books had very detailed descriptions of the violent attacks upon the meeting of the Mayan. Native Americans had possession of the land necessary for settlement. English knew this would be a problem, so they decided to solve the problem by believing that "English settlers did not intend to take Indians' land but wanted only to share it with them. In return, they would offer the natives the advantages of a more advanced culture and, most important, the Christian religion." (29) In Virginia, English population increased. More and more settlers began settling up the rivers that flowed into the Chesapeake Bay, causing the local tribes to worry about coming in contact with the new settlers. By 1680 the Chesapeake Native Americans had been reduced by as many as 1,000. Virginians now believe that these Native Americans need to be removed because they are just obstacles in trying to create a new settlement. The Massachusetts Bay Company claimed that it intended, "to win and inc...