THE MAKING OF A NATION #006 - Settlers & Indians Clash

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1、THEMAKINGOFANATION#6-April3,2003:Settlers&IndiansClashByPaulThompson(THEME)VOICEONE:ThisisRichKleinfeldt.VOICETWO:AndthisisRayFreemanwiththeMAKINGOFANATION,aV-O-ASpecialEnglishprogramaboutthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.(THEME)VOICEONE:Ourstorytodayisasadone.Itisthestoryofaclashofpeo

2、ples,religions,ideas,andcultures.Itisastoryofstronglyheldideasandalackofcompromise.ItisthestoryoftherelationsbetweenEuropeansandthenativeswhohadlivedforthousandsofyearsintheareawenowcallNorthAmerica.VOICETWO:ManydifferentnativeAmericangroupslivedontheeastcoastofwhatwouldbecomeUni

3、tedStates.Theyspokemanydifferentlanguages.Somewerefarmers,somewerehunters.Somefoughtmanywars,otherswerepeaceful.Thesegroupsarecalledtribes.TheirnamesareknowntomostAmericans...theSenecas,theMohawks,theSeminole,theCherokeetonameonlyafew.VOICEONE:Thesetribeshaddevelopedtheirowncultu

4、resmanyyearsbeforethefirstEuropeansettlersarrived.Eachhadakindofreligion,astrongspiritualbelief.Manytribessharedasimilarone.TheIndiansontheeastcoastsharedahighlydevelopedsystemoftrade.ResearcherssaydifferenttribesofnativeAmericanstradedgoodsallacrossthecountry.VOICETWO:Thefirstre

5、cordedmeetingsbetweenEuropeansandthenativesoftheeastcoasttookplaceintheFifteenHundreds.FishermenfromFranceandtheBasqueareaofSpaincrossedtheAtlanticOcean.TheysearchedforwhalesalongtheeastcoastofNorthAmerica.Theymadetemporarycampsalongthecoast.TheyoftentradedwiththelocalIndians.The

6、EuropeansoftenpaidIndianstoworkforthem.Bothgroupsfoundthistobeasuccessfulrelationship.Severaltimesdifferentgroupsoffishermentriedtoestablishapermanentsettlementonthecoast,buttheseverewintersmadeitimpossible.Thesefishingcampswereonlytemporary.VOICEONE:ThefirstpermanentsettlersinNe

7、wEnglandbeganarrivinginSixteen-Twenty.TheywantedtoliveinpeacewiththeIndians.Theyneededtotradewiththemforfood.Thesettlersalsoknewthatabattlewouldresultintheirown,quickdefeatbecausetheyweresofewinnumber.Yet,problemsbeganalmostimmediately.PerhapsthemostseriouswasthedifferentwaytheAm

8、ericanIndiansandtheEuropeansthoughtabout