Remarks Concerning The Savages Of North America Summary

How come equality is still a factor in 2016? In the story, “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America,” there were a lot of differences and very few similarities within the Native Americans and the White Men. The differences and similarities with how White Men and Native Americans treated each other and their perceptions on life were horrible. Whites felt like their esteem was slavish and base and that the Indians were frivolous and useless.
Indians didn’t have no force, no prisons, and no officers to compel obedience. The Whites felt like the Indians didn’t have any guidance. Indian women made their food, nurse, and raised the children. It was stated in the story, “If we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality, we should find no people so rude, as to be without any rules of politeness; nor any so polite, as not to have some remains of rudeness.” That’s where the differences took
place. Just because you’re from a different nation doesn’t mean you should have rude manners. Manners are something you should have been taught as a child.
Indians felt like answering offers that was presented to them the same day would be rude; they felt like they didn’t really put their thought into the offer even if they already knew their answer.
The Commissioners knew that different nations have different conceptions of things. They felt like their education at Williamsburg College would educate the Indian youth. Commissioners think that the Whites will teach the Indian youth everything they need to learn in life. However the Indians felt like the education that’s being taught to them are useless and won’t teach the youth how to be Warriors. Indians wanted their young boys to become men, to learn how to cut wood, and build cabins. Another reason why they declined the offer was because they’ve already experienced a group of their youth going to that college. The youth came back not being able to bear the cold or hunger, they weren’t speaking their language properly nor did they know how to build things. The Indians felt like the education they were receiving wasn’t preparing them for the real
world.
The British House of Commons felt like if you don’t conduct your sentence rapidity then, “You are cut off in the middle of it by the impatient loquacity of those you converse with.” The only thing the Indians did agree with was the sermon a Swedish Minister preached about eating an apple. The Whites felt like everybody wasn’t raised upon what their parents taught them and some departed from what they have learned.
The White Men treated the Indians so bad for no reason. White Men felt like they were above everybody, when the Indians treated everybody the same and wish they could be treated better. The Indians made sure the Whites were fed, and sleeping on soft furs. Whites would yell at them, “Get out, you Indian dog,” if they didn’t have money. Indians realized that the Whites haven’t learned the little good things in life such as manners, the things our parents teach us. Instead of the Whites meeting about how much to pay for beaver, it should be about how to treat others. The Indians didn’t understand why the Whites were like that and knew that their perception of others and life was bad and harsh. They were always grateful and just dealt with what they had and dealt with the harsh treatment of others and learned that everybody is not the same.
I understand everybody has different perceptions in life and different ways to handle their views. No matter what, nobody suppose to feel lesser than any other human nor should be treated in such a way. I do feel like the Indians deserve better treatment. The Indians know what education would work for them as their children get older, therefore the Commissioners couldn’t be upset with them declining the offer. Another thing, the Whites couldn’t expect for the Indians to take their offer after they’ve been treated harsh by the Whites.
Everybody wants to be equal and not have to fight for different types of rights especially if this is supposed to be One Nation under God. I’m not saying we all have to believe in God because everybody doesn’t and I respect people opinions. I believe that if we all experience God’s love, how he treats everybody the same, then we can learn to treat others the same. It’s not right how till this day, Whites still walk around and treat us like we are nobodies, for example, look at all the police cases we encountered throughout this year alone. It’s been too many and not enough punishments for their actions. Our Nation would be amazing if we all came together as one and experienced some type of equality.