Indifferences Between Native Americans And Europeans

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I think that when the Europeans and the Native Americans showed up and meet each other for the first time it was a big shock for the Europeans because they had never seen nothing like the Native Indians before. As the first few days passed the Europeans were trying to grasp how the Indians were dressed, living and lived as whole and it was just something new. The world they knew in Europe at the time was something completely different from what they were seeing in the Indians, and they very well may have formed a new attitude of indifference to them. But shortly in to this new friendship they Europeans soon learned they needed the Native Indians help in all they looked to do. Food and sub-staing their life was very important and a must. As

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