European Treatment of Natives

European Fears Lead to Native Culture Destruction. A historian once said, "Neither the Spanish nor the English respected Indian culture and society: this lack of respect enabled them to destroy Native American life with few regrets." After studying this era in time one may come to the conclusion that the above is correct. English and Spanish explorers disrespected Native Americans because of their "savage" like behavior. This "savage" like behavior would include the natives material …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…difference that threatened the existence of the new European nation? What ever the answers maybe one thing is for sure when the Spanish and English explorers began to exploit the natives for what ever reason they clearly did not respect their culture. So when the historian states, "Neither the Spanish nor the English respected Indian culture and society: this lack of respect enabled them to destroy Native American life with few regrets." They are correct.