Native American Pros And Cons

When the first Hispanic colonists came to North America in 1769, the population of the Native Americans dropped critically. There used to be over 300,000 Native Americans in California. The Hispanics forced the Native Americans into slave labour and in no time, European diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and typhus which the Spanish and French settlers brought from Europe to America broke out and killed over 100,000 Native Americans in California alone. The first treaties guaranteed reservations and in some cases even economic aid for the Native Americans. For example, the first ever treaty with Native Americans, was the "Treaty with the Delawares" on the 28th September 1778, which not only asked the Delawares to forgive the past
A very important privilege of the Americans is mentioned in Article nine. After ten years of the making of the "Black Hills Treaty" the United States have the privilege of withdrawing the physician, farmer, blacksmith, carpenter, engineer, and miller that was provided. In return the Indian are to receive 10,000 dollars annually for the education of the children aged six to sixteen. Even more privileges are mentioned in Article ten. For thirteen years from August 1st 1868 onward, every man over the age of fourteen was given woollen clothing, consisting of coat, pantaloons, flannel (a soft, light weighted, loosely woven woollen cloth) shirt, hat, and a pair of home-made socks. Every woman over the age of twelve years was given a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make it, a pair of woollen hose, twelve yards of calico (a heavy, white cotton cloth form India), and twelve yards of cotton domestics. Boys and girls under these ages are given flannel or cotton cloths that are needed to make a suit as mentioned, together with a pair of woollen