It is obviously not a desire for anyone to become a captive of war, however this was the case for hundreds of colonists both French and English during the colonization of the "New World". ... He discovers how some have been ransomed by the French and others allowed to return home. ... So the question becomes why? Why would Eunice decide to abandon her former Puritan ways and adopt a new Mohawk Indian way of life? ... It is interesting however to analyze the differences in raising children by Indian and Colonist parents. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Unkindest Cut The article, "The Unkindest Cut, or Who Invented Scalping" discusses the controversy surrounding the question of who did indeed invent scalping, white Europeans or Native Americans. ... In 1820, Chief Cornplanter of the Allegany Seneca stated that the Native Americans "lived in peace and had no wars and no fighting". "The French offered to furnish us with instruments of every kind and sharp knives to take the skins of their enemies heads." (Axtell, 451) In 1879, Susette La Flesche, describe in the article as "a spirited daughter of a famous...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We set out to treat those whose land we want fairly without question. ... Starting with the Indians and ending with the Filipinos. ... As a quickly established power in the beginning after such battles as the French and Indian and Mexican war the United States earned respect. ... The Indians, were promised land, set aside to be theirs, the Mexicans freedom and liberation. ... Much like the case of Indian removal the Indian interfered with Manifest Destiny and the Filipinos interfering with the power involved with the connection of the two great oceans. ...

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• Grade Level: High School