History
Barren Wastelands In the New World.
Savages, heathens just some names used to describe "Indians" when the western part of the world was discovered. Why would they describe humans that are very intelligent, hard working, and very cultured these names? Was the land a barren wasteland that people of these qualities sustain life? Well apparently to the English it was so. Cultured to the English were dirty streets, bad hygiene, and bad manners, so of course it was a barren wasteland with savages them. To the Indians it was so much more.
First of all, how could a savage sustain life in a barren wasteland if he was a dumb savage? It takes intelligence to live off the land you live on. Indians made the land their source of life. Could a wasteland provide the magnificent houses they lived in? Never the less could a savage construct one? For example the Iroquois build big log houses for the families to live in, the Anasazi (Pueblos) built their home in the cliffs of the southwest. As......
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