The Explorers' View of the Natives

There is no doubt that there would be no world we know now without explorer feat. This is how the new world was "discovered" and that the locals managed and observed the land to get an actual reservation. I will briefly introduce the views of Columbus, Cabeza de Baca, De Belarzzano, Hakluite, Champereon to the locals of the lands where they live. I started with Christopher Columbus who opened the Ocean Blue in 1492. Columbus' view of local residents, at least in letters, is an open minded attitude.

Many explorers believe that indigenous peoples who met in a foreign country are "barbarians" and must be "civilized" by being conquered. Thus, by the 16th and 17th centuries, many countries in Asia, Africa and the United States became colonies of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France (Saunders, Morillo, Nielsen 5). In addition, slave trade beyond the Atlantic Ocean occurred between the 16th and 19th centuries. Mainstream historians draw incomplete pictures that lead to misunderstandings of the era of discovery.

Various tribes encountered European explorers and colonists outside of Europe at very different times. Coastal tribes in the south and central parties met with Spain and British explorers in the mid 16th century. Tribes such as the Ketjan or Yuman Indians in southeast California and Southwestern Arizona met the first Spanish explorers in the 1760s and 1770s. Tribes such as Miwok, Yurok and Yokut on the northwestern coast of California touched Russian explorers and seafarers in the late eighteenth century. In inland areas of remote areas, some tribes did not meet non local residents until mid-19th century.

Indigenous peoples will decide the destiny of European explorers and migrants, depending on whether the tribe is kind or extreme. Friendly tribes teach newcomers how to raise their crops, prepare foods, and find ways to play games in the wild. The war tribes have made life and explorers and explorers difficult and dangerous by attacking and resisting the conquest of Europe. Many Native Americans died of new infections, caused high mortality rates and hurt their culture in the early stages of colonization. In the 19th century, they resisted the expansion of Europe and America, and war often occurred. After the end of the American Civil War, the US Army was used to suppress resistance in the Indian War.