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In his very first entry, Lewis describes how the Natives fell on the deer carcas like "famished dogs," and how he also mentioned they were in major poverty. Why was that so? It seemed like these natives were pretty self sufficent, yet they were starving. Was it jus that the expidetion came at a time when food was not very plentiful, or was this a regular thing? -Kristina Scrimshaw | In his very first entry, Lewis describes how the Natives fell on the deer carcas like "famished dogs," and how he also mentioned they were in major poverty. Why was that so? It seemed like these natives were pretty self sufficent, yet they were starving. Was it jus that the expidetion came at a time when food was not very plentiful, or was this a regular thing? -Kristina Scrimshaw | ||
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| + | In Lewis's description of the individualist attitudes of the Shoshonees, I couldn't help but notice the parallels between the behavior he described with regard towards their chiefs and the Protestant ideaolody towards God, as well as the American principle of equality. Is Lewis suggesting the Native Americans may have come up with these attitudes independently of Western Enlightenment thinking, or merely that they had been influenced enough by colonial culture that they had come to adopt them from exposure to American behavior through the grapevine? | ||
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== Cherokees Debate Removal, John Ross and Elias Boudinot, 1836-1837 == | == Cherokees Debate Removal, John Ross and Elias Boudinot, 1836-1837 == | ||
