Onandogas And Cayugas Summary

In “Onandogas and Cayugas: Iroquois Chiefs Address the Governors of New York and Virginia,” the Lieutenant Governor of New York recorded the statements and requests made by the Iroquois leaders. This document is therefore a primary source, as Colden was witnessing this first hand. Colden wrote this to show the colonist’s and the governor of Virginia about how the Iroquois were willing to negotiate with them. The Iroquois knew that the colonies were expanding very quickly and that they would soon have to form alliances so they wouldn’t be overpowered. They needed to make sure that they were not going to be betrayed by the colonists as their power, population, and influence were beginning to blossom significantly. They were trying to show the

This is because the French were attacking their hunting practices by taking away the beavers. The chiefs said,” the French will get all the Bevers. The Reason they are now angry with us is, because we carry our Bever to our Brethren.” They call on the colonists to defend them, and they continuously praise the governors of the New World in order to appease them. This article relates to the others because it shows a group of people who are oppressed and are taking the initiative in defending themselves, just as the women in the New England society did.

In “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, the author writes about her time in captivity in 1682. This document is considered an autobiography, as it was a firsthand account of the author. She is trying to show the brutal tactics used by the Native Americans. They would utilize hostages as a bargaining chip to negotiate for more authority and power. Mary

The document is a secondary source, and Merritt, a historian, is directing her work towards scholars of early American history and students. Merritt discusses how prior to the 1750s, the natives and the settlers traded, coexisted, and were tolerant of each other. William Penn, the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania was credited with promoting harmony between the two communities. Around that time, the Indians and white settlers both worked in unison to diminish the authority of the colonial authorities and of the Six Nations. The colonial leaders started to view the whites and Indians as threats to social order. After the Seven Years War, however, the two groups had a lot of animosity towards each other and an “us vs. them” mentality was beginning to take form and subsequently destroyed the decades of cooperation between them. The Chief Kanickhuno told the son of William Penn that his father was well-liked because he did not restrict the Indians in their travels and was for peaceful relations. He told the son that he did not meet the standards set by his father. None of them did, however, as the author states, “[William Penn’s]… heirs had failed to uphold his legacy of peace” (14). By the 1760s, the whites and the Indians began “…asserting their…group solidarity”