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"Native Americans First View Whites From the Shore: New York Indians Discover Dutchmen"

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7 questions
1

What is the best definition of "reciprocal" here?

b. This plays a part in how history has been shaped. We have no written accounts of how the Native American's felt or how they reacted to the whites. What accounts there are have been passed down through generations or oral history.
C. Please note that this story is being retold by a Christian missionary who lived with the natives. A missionaries job is to convert the "heathens" to Christianity in order to save their souls. As you read, consider how this fact might influence the telling of the story.
1

Define verbatim in your own words.

2

What do you think they "espied" out on the sea?

c. Gitchi Manitou is the great creator god of the Anishinaabe and many neighboring Algonquian tribes. The name literally means Great Spirit, a common phrase used to address God in many Native American cultures. As in other Algonquian tribes, the Great Spirit is abstract, benevolent, does not directly interact with humans, and is rarely if ever personified in Anishinabe myths-- originally, Gitchi Manitou did not even have a gender (although with the introduction of English and its gender-specific pronouns, Gitchi Manitou began to be referred to as "he.") It is Gitchi Manitou who created the world, though some details of making the world as we know it today were delegated to the culture hero Nanabozho. "Gitchi Manitou" (or one of its many variant spellings) was used as a translation for "God" in early translations of the Bible into Ojibway, and today many Ojibway people consider Gitchi Manitou and the Christian God to be one and the same. (Souce: Native-languages.org)
2

Who was the man in red actually?
(Remember--you can scrole up and check the introduction if you need to!)

2

What type of drink is the man in red offering to the Indians?

a. This is where we get the name Manhattan, as the island is now known.
b. The Delawares have played a kind of joke on both the Mahicanni and the settlers. They think that the name comes from the trees that grow there, but it really means, essentially, the place we got really drunk!
1

How are the settlers and Natives communicating?

a. This contributes to the feeling of supperiority aming the settlers--the natives are obviosuly not smart enough to use tools.
b. This is the first hint that the settlers will try and cheat or treat the natives out of their land.
5

How do you think the fact that the story is being told by a Christian missionary influences the way he told the story? Think about how he describes the events, the people, and/or their actions.