this man went over to america and stayed with the Cherokee Indians for some time. his whole experience amazed me because of how advanced this culture was. many other Native Americans were thought of as naive but the Cherokee's had agriculture and homes. They even established their own form of government for their people. when the white settlers came over they created a trade guideline for the the whites. an example would be that so many grains from their garden is worth an axe.
however, timberlakes opinion of his experience surprises me. he clearly believed in manifest destiny, and that the Europeans were the supreme people on Earth. He was very smug the entire time and even stated that he felt the Cherokee will become great learners. he wanted to convert them into Christians and in his mind, modernize their way of living.
I ended up discussing this article for the topic of my paper, and i believe his opinions clearly speak for Europeans at that time, that these men thought white surpremacy was a way of life and it was their duty to expand it.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Witch Craft Trials
after reading the work by cotton Mathers it was quite interesting to see a ministers view about the witch craft trials. he truly believed that the devil was present upon the earth with the intension of tryin to destroy man kind. he also saw it as a test by God to human beings. he says that it is up to the individual to fight him off. the devil can make himself known but the individual is that one who needs to resist the evil.
i found it interesting also the symptoms of the afflicted. some of them included bite marks, bruises, scratches, and even teats. Most of the people the witch craft trials centered around are women. it appears to me that is was a mob mentally. all the of women would go against one women and no matter what they did everyone was like..Thats because she is a witch. the whole incident sounds reduclous now. it reminds me of highschool and when people in a certain group dont like an outsider so they all gang up on the person. not only that but all the people exussed were young women and even children. there was one case when they said a five year old was a witch because a girl found scratches on her and said it was the child. to me, the child is only five years old. she probably had a tantrum and they are saying he is possessed by the devil.
over all the cases and therology of the witch craft trials have been extremely interesting and mind bogling. These people truly believed that people were witches. in their religion and with the limited knowledge at the time the only explaination was spiritual.
i found it interesting also the symptoms of the afflicted. some of them included bite marks, bruises, scratches, and even teats. Most of the people the witch craft trials centered around are women. it appears to me that is was a mob mentally. all the of women would go against one women and no matter what they did everyone was like..Thats because she is a witch. the whole incident sounds reduclous now. it reminds me of highschool and when people in a certain group dont like an outsider so they all gang up on the person. not only that but all the people exussed were young women and even children. there was one case when they said a five year old was a witch because a girl found scratches on her and said it was the child. to me, the child is only five years old. she probably had a tantrum and they are saying he is possessed by the devil.
over all the cases and therology of the witch craft trials have been extremely interesting and mind bogling. These people truly believed that people were witches. in their religion and with the limited knowledge at the time the only explaination was spiritual.
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