Westward Expansion In Robert Morgan's Lions Of The West
In Robert Morgan's article,”Lions of the West” he talks about the process of the westward expansion and what happened behind closed curtains. Morgan shows how westward expansion was very good for America and helped us get more land. I agree that westward expansion helped america in many ways, but I do not agree with the way that the people in charge handled taking care of the indians. In the book, “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen A. Ambrose talks about how Thomas Jefferson was the main reason for westward expansion. However, in Morgan’s article, he talks about how many everyday citizens were the biggest help to westward expansion. On page 57 of “Undaunted Courage” Ambrose says, “While the Northwest territories were being settled, in Jefferson’s
view the trans-Mississippi western empire could serve as a vast reservation for Indians displaced from east of the river.” I do not agree with this because they are making the indians leave for no reason, they could have shared america, but they were greedy. In the book, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” It talks about the indians perspective of what happened during westward expansion. On page 45, it tells about a story of a boy who was getting food from his parents and secretly feeding it to robbers outside, the robbers said that if the family fed all of them, they would not kill them. However, the father did not believe this and set them on fire in his own house. I believe the indians had this happened to them one or more times when people tried to come and take their homes from them. The indians had nothing else to do but fight back. In conclusion, I do not agree with the way that the people back then settled all of this. There could have been a peaceful arrangement that resulted in the indians being able to keep all of their well owned land. Thomas Jefferson is still a very big figure in all of this, I just believe it was not right of him to be the main instigator of driving all of the indians off the land.
view the trans-Mississippi western empire could serve as a vast reservation for Indians displaced from east of the river.” I do not agree with this because they are making the indians leave for no reason, they could have shared america, but they were greedy. In the book, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” It talks about the indians perspective of what happened during westward expansion. On page 45, it tells about a story of a boy who was getting food from his parents and secretly feeding it to robbers outside, the robbers said that if the family fed all of them, they would not kill them. However, the father did not believe this and set them on fire in his own house. I believe the indians had this happened to them one or more times when people tried to come and take their homes from them. The indians had nothing else to do but fight back. In conclusion, I do not agree with the way that the people back then settled all of this. There could have been a peaceful arrangement that resulted in the indians being able to keep all of their well owned land. Thomas Jefferson is still a very big figure in all of this, I just believe it was not right of him to be the main instigator of driving all of the indians off the land.