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Reаd this аnd give а shоrt answer tо the questiоn at the end. Journal of Christopher Columbus, 1492 First encounters between Europeans and Native Americans were dramatic events. In this account we see the assumptions and intentions of Christopher Columbus, as he immediately began assessing the potential of these people to serve European economic interests. He also predicted easy success for missionaries seeking to convert these people to Christianity. Thursday, October 11 …Presently many inhabitants of the island assembled. What follows is in the actual words of the Admiral in his book of the first navigation and discovery of the Indies. “I,” he says, ” that we might form great friendship, for I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends that it was a marvel to see. They afterwards came to the ship’s boats where we were, swimming and bringing us parrots, cotton threads in skeins, darts, and many other things; and we exchanged them for other things that we gave them, such as glass beads and small bells. In fine, they took all, and gave what they had with good will. It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything. They go as naked as when their mothers bore them, and so do the women, although I did not see more than one young girl. All I saw were youths, none more than thirty years of age. They are very well made, with very handsome bodies, and very good countenances. Their hair is short and coarse, almost like the hairs of a horse’s tail. They wear the hairs brought down to the eyebrows, except a few locks behind, which they wear long and never cut. They paint themselves black, and they are the color of the Canarians, neither black nor white. Some paint themselves white, others red, and others of what color they find. Some paint their faces, others the whole body, some only round the eyes, others only on the nose. They neither carry nor know anything of arms, for I showed them swords, and they took them by the blade and cut themselves through ignorance. They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end, and others being pointed in various ways. They are all of fair stature and size, with good laces, and well made. I saw some with marks of wounds on their bodies, and I made signs to ask what it was, and they gave me to understand that people from other adjacent islands came with the intention of seizing them, and that they defended themselves. I believed, and still believe, that they come here from the mainland to take them prisoners. They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion, our Lord being pleased, will take hence, at the time of my departure, six natives for your Highnesses that they may learn to speak. I saw no beast of any kind except parrots, on this island.” The above is in the words of the admiral…. ..As soon as dawn broke many of these people came to the beach, al! youths, as I have said, and all of good stature, a very handsome people. Their hair is not curly, but loose and coarse, like horse hair. In all the forehead is broad, more so than in any other people I have hitherto seen. Their eyes are very beautiful and not small, and themselves far from black, but the color of the Canarians. Nor should anything; else be expected, as this island is in a line east and west from the island of Hierro in the Canaries. Their legs are very straight, all in one line,’ and no belly, but very well formed. They came to the ship in small canoes, made out of the trunk of a tree like a long boat, and all of one piece, and wonderfully worked, considering the country. They are large, some of them holding 40 to 45 men, others smaller, and some only large enough to hold one man. They are propelled with a paddle like a baker’s shovel, and go at a marvelous rate. If the canoe capsizes they all promptly begin to swim, and to bale it out with calabashes that they take with them. They brought skeins of cotton thread, parrots, darts, and other small things, which it would be tedious to recount, and they give all in exchange for anything that may be given to them. I was attentive, and took trouble to ascertain if there was gold. I saw that some of them had a small piece fastened in a hole they have in the nose, and by signs I was able to make out that to the south, or going from the island to the south, there was a king who had great cups full, and who possessed a great quantity. I tried to get them to go there, but afterwards I saw that they had no inclination. I resolved to wait until to-morrow in the afternoon and then to depart, shaping a course to the S.W. 1. According to this journal entry, what did Columbus think of the natives he encountered? How did they interact with each other?
Reаd this аnd аnswer in shоrt answer the questiоn at the bоttom. The "Indian Prophecy" and the "Bulletproof President" The “Indian Prophecy” is a legend told about George Washington’s miraculous survival at the Battle of the Monongahela, and a subsequent encounter he had with an Indigenous sachem. A variant version is sometimes known as “the Bulletproof President.” The tale is credited to Washington’s doctor and friend James Craik, and the fullest version was published by Washington’s step-grandson George Washington Parke Custis in the 1820s. Custis’ telling recalls that during a 1770 trip to what is now West Virginia, Craik and Washington encountered an Indian sachem (chief) who had fought against them during the Battle of the Monongahela on 9 July 1755. The sachem revealed that during the fight, he had ordered his men to kill Washington, but that all their shots had missed. He declared that “a power mightier far than we shielded [Washington] from harm.” He then predicted that Washington would “become the chief of nations, and a people yet unborn, will hail him as the founder of a mighty empire.” The core of the story is one that has been in circulation since at least 1800. The historical truth of the story, however, is harder to discern. Like many stories about Washington, it likely contains a kernel of truth, but has been subject to embellishment and exaggeration over time. Origins Like many other Washington legends, a version of the story was first published by Mason Locke Weems in his original 1800 Washington biography. Weems’ version does not include the prophecy or the 1770 frame narrative, focusing instead on Washington’s miraculous survival at Monongahela despite orders to kill him. Weems gives no source other than claiming that a “famous Indian warrior” present at the battle “was often heard…to swear that ‘Washington was never born to be killed by a bullet.’” Weems’ original source may ultimately be Craik. Weems was married to a niece of James Craik’s wife Marianne. An unpublished autobiography of Craik’s grandson Reverend James Craik in the collections of the Washington Presidential Library records that Weems was a close family friend who often stayed with the Craik family in Alexandria. The full version, with the attribution to Craik, was published by Custis as a stand-alone article entitled “The Indian Prophecy” in the United States Gazette in 1826. It was swiftly re-published in newspapers across the country, and later included in Custis’ posthumously published Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington. Custis claims that Craik told the story throughout the American Revolution, citing a specific example of him recounting the prophecy just before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. On that occasion, Custis has Craik declare that "…their beloved Washington was the spirit protected being described by the savage, that the enemy could not kill him, and that while he lived the glorious cause of American Independence would never die". In 1827, Custis adapted the story into a popular play (also called The Indian Prophecy) which further cemented the legend in the American consciousness. Historical Background Craik was a close friend of Washington and his personal doctor, but more significantly for this story he was also at the Battle of the Monongahela as the regimental surgeon where the reported beginnings of divine protection occurred. During that fight, General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded, and nearly 70% of his men (including the vast majority of the officers) were killed or wounded. Washington, who was among the very few unharmed, led the retreat. Washington wrote to his mother shortly after the battle that bullets had pierced his clothing, and multiple horses had been shot from under him. Craik later told Washington’s early biographer, John Marshall, that he considered Washington’s escape from harm on the battlefield that day to be nothing short of miraculous: “‘I expected every moment,’ says an eye witness [Craik], ‘to see him fall.’ His duty and situation exposed him to every danger. Nothing but the superintending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him.’” George Washington rallying the broken forces at the Battle of Monongahela on July 9, 1755. [Washington the Solider], c.1834, Library of Congress. It is also well documented that Craik and Washington journeyed together to view Washington’s lands on the Ohio River in Fall of 1770. Washington kept two journals of that trip, and while he records several meetings with Indigenous people, he makes no mention of an encounter matching the later “Indian Prophecy” story. He did, however, encounter Indigenous people he had known during the early days of the Seven Years’ War, which is likely the origin of the tale later embellished and romanticized by Craik and Custis. In particular, on October 28th, Washington and Craik met with a hunting party led by the Seneca leader Guyasuta near modern Belleville, West Virginia. Washington had first met Guyasuta in December 1753, when he had accompanied Washington and the “Half King” Tanacharison to Fort Le Boeuf to meet with the French commandant. Washington recorded in his journal that “In the Person of Kiashuta [Guyasuta] I found an old acquaintance. He being one of the Indians that went with me to the French in 1753.” Guyasuta (also known as “the Hunter”) had initially been open to English advances, as evidenced by Washington’s own early experiences with him. However, he later joined with the French during the Seven Years’ War, and led hostilities against the British during Pontiac’s rebellion before re-opening friendly relations with the British in the later 1760s and 70s. Some authors have placed him among the French and Native attackers at Braddock’s defeat, which would make him an even better source of the legend; however, there is no solid evidence for this, and his name does not appear in either French or English contemporary sources. Mythmaking and the Nineteenth Century The Indian Prophecy shares similarities with other tall tales about Washington, such as his legendary encounter with the cherry tree. It also fits in with a nineteenth century tradition of quasi-factual Indigenous “prophecies” and “curses” on a range of topics, playing on the “noble savage” trope. The story as told by Custis almost certainly did not play out in reality exactly as he (and perhaps Craik) described it. Divine Providence, however, is beyond the realm of the fact-check. Washington indeed escaped serious harm in the deadly Battle of the Monongahela, and this feat, combined with his later prominence, was seen as remarkable, if not miraculous, by Washington’s contemporaries – and perhaps even by Washington himself. The first president skirting death produced the context for the “Indian Prophecy,” which developed over several decades, building on verifiable facts along familiar patterns of mythmaking. 4. Analyze this “Indian Prophecy” and the “Bulletproof President”. What do you make of this?