Native American Vs Early Settlers Essay
Imagine you an Native American working around your house just peacefully doing what you have to do. Then you see some settlers walking on your land with a gun ordering you out of your land. If you were that Native American what would you do? Native Americans once had all their land and were living peacefully then they signed a piece of paper and lost it all and got moved away. Then settlers and miners kept on taking and taking and taking their land away from them breaking the paper the Natives signed. This conflict could have been avoided if the Americans communicated better and treated the Native Americans Better. This conflict occurred because of the concept of superiority, land ownership, and gathering food.
Concept of superiority was a big …show more content…
part of the conflict that happened between Native Americans and the American it was in fact the biggest cause of the conflict. The government thought they were better than the Native Americans along with all the other Americans because they did not live the same as the Americans or were like them, they didn’t treat them even and called them savages. “most white settlers simply squatted on whatever land they desired, neither asking nor caring for Indian permission to do so.”(Clark, Dustin, Lambert 197). The settlers didn’t care if that land they were taking was anyones elses which started the conflict between the early settlers, government, and military against Native Americans. “The government made treaties with the tribes as sovereign nations. … These promises were not kept.”( Frontier 26) and those treaties should have protected the Native Americans and give them land that no one could take but instead the government helped the settlers and miners. Then since American needed more land the Indian Removal Act happened which went against what the treaties said. The Yakama wars started when two miners were searching for gold on the Yakama Indians land. The Indians killed both of the miners and killed a federal Indian agent so the wars started over the disagreement of land ownership. Next I will talk about one of the other big reasons for the conflict between the Native Americans and early settlers.
Land ownership was one of the next big reasons for the conflict between the Native Americans and early settlers.
Land is important to the Native Americans because they needed their good land to survive and thrive so it was a big problem when the early settlers and government took it away. “Whites had always justified evicting indians from their lands by explaining that there was plenty of land to the west where the displaced tribes could settle.”(McNeill, Pendergast, Pendergast, Slovey 53 ). Since the Yakima war had been started the first battle the Native Americans had with the English was in Toppenish Creek on October 6, 1855. The war went through the Cascades to the puyallup and white river valleys in the january of 1856. Their was another attack on January 26, 1856 when the Nisqually Indians attacked the blockhouse in seattle. “There were other minor skirmishes around Puget Sound, there were no other major battles.”(Clark, Dustin, and Lambert 212). During March 1856, there was an attack on the Cascades the goal with the attack was to gain control of the columbia gorge so they could have isolated eastern Washington. Lastly I will talk about gathering food the last of the three most important reasons for the
conflict.
Gathering food was also an important part of the reason for the conflict. The Native Americans took a lot of land to hunt farm and fish before the English came and took their land. They then had almost no land to get food and had almost no food from that and were starving more times. “State officials responded to the fears by setting size limits on fish catches. Native Americans saw these regulations as infringing on their treaty rights.”(Carlson, Laurie, and Green 89). The attack on the Cascades by the Native Americans failed and there wasn't a lot more conflict after that. Colonel George Wright commanded the United States Army to find the Native Americans that had attacked the cascades. They were unable to be found and he could not get any Native Americans that wanted to attack him. Then the English built Fort Simcoe on the Yakama tribes reservation and for the rest of 1856 there was peace in that region.
In conclusion concept of superiority is the biggest cause of the conflict. Land ownership and gathering food are the next two important reasons for the conflict. Also the Yakama Wars started in 1855 when the Yakama Indians killed two miners and a federal Indian agent. The Yakama Wars was in the Cascades, puyallup, and white river valleys including the Yakama tribes land. The war ended with the English army not being able to find Kamiakin and his men.
Concept of superiority was a big …show more content…
part of the conflict that happened between Native Americans and the American it was in fact the biggest cause of the conflict. The government thought they were better than the Native Americans along with all the other Americans because they did not live the same as the Americans or were like them, they didn’t treat them even and called them savages. “most white settlers simply squatted on whatever land they desired, neither asking nor caring for Indian permission to do so.”(Clark, Dustin, Lambert 197). The settlers didn’t care if that land they were taking was anyones elses which started the conflict between the early settlers, government, and military against Native Americans. “The government made treaties with the tribes as sovereign nations. … These promises were not kept.”( Frontier 26) and those treaties should have protected the Native Americans and give them land that no one could take but instead the government helped the settlers and miners. Then since American needed more land the Indian Removal Act happened which went against what the treaties said. The Yakama wars started when two miners were searching for gold on the Yakama Indians land. The Indians killed both of the miners and killed a federal Indian agent so the wars started over the disagreement of land ownership. Next I will talk about one of the other big reasons for the conflict between the Native Americans and early settlers.
Land ownership was one of the next big reasons for the conflict between the Native Americans and early settlers.
Land is important to the Native Americans because they needed their good land to survive and thrive so it was a big problem when the early settlers and government took it away. “Whites had always justified evicting indians from their lands by explaining that there was plenty of land to the west where the displaced tribes could settle.”(McNeill, Pendergast, Pendergast, Slovey 53 ). Since the Yakima war had been started the first battle the Native Americans had with the English was in Toppenish Creek on October 6, 1855. The war went through the Cascades to the puyallup and white river valleys in the january of 1856. Their was another attack on January 26, 1856 when the Nisqually Indians attacked the blockhouse in seattle. “There were other minor skirmishes around Puget Sound, there were no other major battles.”(Clark, Dustin, and Lambert 212). During March 1856, there was an attack on the Cascades the goal with the attack was to gain control of the columbia gorge so they could have isolated eastern Washington. Lastly I will talk about gathering food the last of the three most important reasons for the
conflict.
Gathering food was also an important part of the reason for the conflict. The Native Americans took a lot of land to hunt farm and fish before the English came and took their land. They then had almost no land to get food and had almost no food from that and were starving more times. “State officials responded to the fears by setting size limits on fish catches. Native Americans saw these regulations as infringing on their treaty rights.”(Carlson, Laurie, and Green 89). The attack on the Cascades by the Native Americans failed and there wasn't a lot more conflict after that. Colonel George Wright commanded the United States Army to find the Native Americans that had attacked the cascades. They were unable to be found and he could not get any Native Americans that wanted to attack him. Then the English built Fort Simcoe on the Yakama tribes reservation and for the rest of 1856 there was peace in that region.
In conclusion concept of superiority is the biggest cause of the conflict. Land ownership and gathering food are the next two important reasons for the conflict. Also the Yakama Wars started in 1855 when the Yakama Indians killed two miners and a federal Indian agent. The Yakama Wars was in the Cascades, puyallup, and white river valleys including the Yakama tribes land. The war ended with the English army not being able to find Kamiakin and his men.