American History

History books entail information about various eras and reflect the times they represent highlighting information which may be subjective and debatable. To interpret and to fully understand, one needs to read various accounts of similar historical value to look for elusive content and the way selected authors have accounted the facts. Indians have been recalled as the losers of their times mostly by various historians, as most of history textbooks and collections are written by winners, therefore the evasive depiction likewise.

Hence today historians can correlate various accounts of history to translate and interpret how Indians influenced and shaped the lives of English settlers. Indians already provided the English settlers with cultivated and cleared land ready for farming and agriculture, which made their tasks simpler and thus they moved forward to impact the habitants with their cultural and technological exchange to develop infrastructure and government.

The first source reflects on selected Indians tribes wilderness and inadequate resources to preserve lives. It also lists their skills and expertise in construction of temples, pottery, textiles and clay artifacts until European settlers introduced the new world methods of farming, use of iron in construction, government and religious beliefs that would lead Indians to move forward in future. However it also projects Indians as an obstruction and waste to be eliminated for having no role in the future of America.

The second source details the Spanish rule on Indians. The Spanish leadership contributed majorly to education and review and printing of literature, while also acknowledging talent by giving out prices. However the Spanish were unable to utilize the agricultural resource and richness of the American land, and sought after the gold reserves which devastated many out of disease and starvation. They also struggled to convert Indians to the Christian rituals.

The third source looks appreciative of the Indians expertise and their sophisticated methods in cultivating maize and corn and for building infrastructure and cities to reach out to sizeable population. It talks about Indians who had nomadic lifestyles, and changed with English invasion into transformed and settled agricultural villagers. Furthermore since the Indians were not densely populated within close proximities it allowed English settlers to outnumber Indians to hold and restrain them.

All three sources commonly talk about John Smith, an Englishman who contributed majorly for creating awareness about the need to cultivate corn and maize and to give agriculture top priority. He ensured that prime objective of every native and traveler should be accumulating necessary food for survival. He served as great motivator and leader in those times. Nonetheless the sources also list the many uncommon diseases prevailing in those times amongst the Indian population and their inability and limited resources to cure.

Another common contribution is the account of Spanish and English peace deal that as part of the joint stock company that enabled order in the new world. The third source looks more credible for its account as it also gives credit to the Indians in their contribution for the development of civilizations.