There Goes the Neighborhood
Akecheta and I were the first to see the foreigners. At first they were kind to us. They gave us many gifts such as beautiful beads and patterns. We accepted graciously, and in return we provided them with food and any such supplies they required. Then the disease hit. Many of us died, and then they weren't kind to us. They were a constant danger, an source of evil. Their so called gifts were really poison that just destroyed us. They ripped trees from the ground, and destroyed the once beautiful land. They also began to drive us from our homes, and they used whatever means they thought necessary to do so. They had weapons of gods, our bows and spears were no match for the guns and swords. They charged us on large beasts that could run faster than the best of us. Our only chance was to run, and so we did. After they came we were soon gone. Even now they continue to push west, and we are attempting to defend ourselves with no avail. They may have pushed us from our home, destroyed the beautiful forests we called home, and ravaged our society with deadly diseases, but we will have revenge! We will may them pay the way they did to us!
I thought that this was a good interpretation of how the Native Americans reacted to the colonists after they invaded. Unlike other entries that I read, this one is unique in the way that it doesn't talk about when the British came on ships but instead it talks about what happened after. I thought that the part about the gifts really being poison was not completely true, but it varies upon opinion. There are some grammatical errors in this entry, some of which I cannot tell whether they were accidental or deliberate. -Joshua Huang, Period 6
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the way of how you turned this blog into more of a story-type setting. I enjoyed reading this piece along with the fact that it was very well-written.
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