Settlers And Natives Conflicts Essay

The natives and settlers conflicted over lots of things all throughout history. Some causes of conflict were more important than others. Some were misunderstood, others were about land and resources, a few were about how some people were more superior than others. The most important causes of conflict are miscommunication & misunderstanding, settlers belief that they were superior, and different beliefs about land and land use. The settlers and natives had many causes of conflict over animals and their fur. According to The Washington Journey on page 50, “Company trappers traveled out along the many streams to kill animals and take their fur.” Additionally, it states “The animals had been trapped almost to extinction.” This shows that trappers highly valued animal fur so much that they
According to Treaty Time at Nisqually by Cecilia Smith Carpenter, “The treaty team had met with the Nisqually people and had told them they would have a choice of which lands. But when the Nisqually people arrived at the treaty grounds, the reserved lands had been decided for them.” This shows that settlers didn’t really care for the natives. They thought of the natives as just more people they can manipulate to gain land from. This caused the natives to conflict with the settlers to get their preferred land back. In addition, in The Washington Journey on page 96, “In time, many children lost the ability to speak their native language. They felt like outcasts when they returned to their families and were unable to speak to them.” This shows how great of an impact the United States had on the natives, they had such an impact that the natives kids, forgot their own language. This may have caused the natives to conflict with the United States over how they turned their own children into American settlers who forgot almost everything about their culture and