Throughout The Sound of Mountain Water Stegner relates his experiences traveling in the western United States, and in the second part reflects upon the ties of the western writer to history. ... Wallace Stegner was born in Lake Mills, Iowa in 1909, and spent his childhood and young adult years living in various locations around the western U.S. ... This perspective was quite normal among Americans at the time, especially those living in the west. ... In fact, all of Stegner's earlier works are pervaded by a sense of awe at the beauty of the west, and the history of the region. ... "Oh, ro...

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Many scholars have argued over the true motives behind Columbus's eagerness to find a trade route to Asia through the Western corridor. ... He demanded, "10 percent of all riches brought back by everyone, not just by himself. ... Even so Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand granted him all he asked and even gave him their blessings. ... Throughout his writings in his personal journal and from his letter to the Royal Court, it's quite clear what Columbus intentions are when it came to the treatment of the Native Americans and give him information. ... The old adage, "money is ...

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As the beginning of the book progresses, however, we see that Cooper may not be in favor of busting stereotypes; in fact, he may be responsible for quite a few of them. ... That is not to say that the book is not exciting, quite the contrary in fact. ... An interesting tidbit that one can pick up from the book is a description of the lost art of psalmody. ... Yes, the romantic scenery, the overbearing descriptions of nature and the false promise of a new life in a new land are all products of authors like Cooper, and books like The Last of the Mohicans. Western myths, rodeos, and quick-draw du...

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Context Main cause of these changes were rushing development in North America which came out of ended Civil War and strengthened interest in Western migration. ... "vi Not all of them were supposed to have knowledge about agriculture, mostly because of their tribe structure. ... Fact that this act genuinely introduced by Coke is forgotten and all glories and disgraces are assigned to Dawesvii. ... Obviously every American Indian who will undergo the process of allotment will become American citizen with all the rights. ... Instead of newly assimilated and fully converted people the probl...

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It is unique because Native Americans were the original inhabitants of the Americas and experienced all the stages of its settlement by Europeans since the first colony in the seventeenth century and ending with the completion of the development of the western borders by the end of the nineteenth century. ... The area of all reservations combined is 52.4 million acres (21 million hectares), or about 2.5 percent of all U.S. land. ... Small Native tribes and clans could hardly resist well-armed and determined colonists, but united, they were often quite a powerful force. ... As a result, the Ir...

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The Native Americans saw their lives in the land as symbiotic relationship meaning that they respected their environment and the laws of nature in all regards. ... Even though the land intimidated them they saw the great potential of the land from a very Western mindset. ... One of these was the hog, these creatures were able reproduce quite quickly "Hogs had the great virtues of reproducing themselves in large numbers.... "Dwight reported that they (livestock) were gone from the south. Because, unlike Indians, wolves were incapable of distinguishing an owned animal from a wild one....

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