Wounded Knee And The Battle Of Tippecanoe

West Essay
Luke 6:31 says, “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” History proves that our nation didn’t keep with verse in mind when we treated the Native Americans unfairly. Some examples of not treating them fairly was the Trail of Tears, The Massacre of Wounded Knee, and The Battle of Tippecanoe. This essay will explain how in these events Americans treated Native Americans how we shouldn’t of.
The Trail of Tears was one of the examples of when America treated Native Americans terrible. This event was absolutely terrible. We forced the Indians to walk to the West because white settlers wanted to grow more cotton. There was actually a law that let America remove all indians to the West, so that they can get more land to grow cotton. Now this wasn’t just a normal peaceful walk. These people were dying of starvation, most of them wasn’t able to keep their belongings, and there was many sicknesses. This 1,200 mile walk led to over 5,000 Cherokees dying.
The Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 is another example of when America treated Native Americans poorly. This battle was one of the most bloody battles in the U.S. history. It was fought at Prophetstown, Indiana. The Battle of Tippecanoe happened because Harrison wanted to destroy the alliance that was being encouraged by his

brother and Tecumseh. So, he burned down the whole Shawnee village. There was many deaths in this battle of both side, but the Americans still won.
Another example of treating Indians bad was the Massacre of Wounded Knee.

On December 29, 1890, the army decided to take away all of the Sioux weapons because they weren’t sure if they could trust those indians. Some people think a deaf man did this, but one man shot his gun, while the tribe was surrendering. Studies think that he didn’t understand the Chiefs surrender. The army then opened fire at the Sioux. There was over 300 indians that died, and one of them was their chief named Bigfoot. This is an example of how we didn’t treat Native Americans fairly, because if it was a deaf man then we probably should of talked it out before we killed all those innocent

people.
One verse that explains that America made bad choices during these events is Luke 6:31. It says, “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” America probably would not want the Native Americans to do all these terrible things to them, so why did we do it to them? Ephesians 4:32 says, “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” When the deaf man shot his gun before the Massacre of Wounded Knee, we started killing a ton of innocent Sioux people. Instead of killing all of those people we should have forgiven them.
The Massacre of Wounded Knee, The Trail of Tears, and The Battle of Tippecanoe are all examples of how our nation treated Native Americans unfairly. America should of acted in totally different ways rather than how we actually did. Native Americans and Americans treat each other a lot better now a days than back then. That is a great thing for our country.