How did Europeans describe Native Indians lives and culture? What might have motivated men like Columbus to lie about what he saw?Discuss

Essays should range in the 350 to 500 word length.

We use the “The American Yawp” text book and the is over Chapter 1.

Review Columbus’s journal and Morton’s Account:

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/journal-of-christopher-columbus/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/thomas-morton-reflects-on-indians-in-new-england-1637/ (Links to an external site.)

How did Europeans describe Native Indians lives and culture? What might have motivated men like Columbus to lie about what he saw? How can we know what Indians lives were really like?

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