Charles Bird King, Young Omawhaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees (1822) Pohl P.111
• Quotation from Old Tassel, Pohl p.110
How has this kind of representation of native peoples changed to fit the political situation of the time?
Compare to Washington Irving’s 1820 essay “Traits of Indian Character” [online reading] -- how does Irving’s attitude differ from conventional ones?
Compare also to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1836 story “The Maypole of Merry Mount” [online reading] -- how does this story work as a parable of early European-American attitudes toward Others?
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