The short story, I Will Fight No More Forever, written by Chief Justice is a very sad story that tells the lives of the Native Americans during this time period. In Miss Radliffe's history class, we just learned about this time period and what was going on. The white Americans thought that God had given them the western land for them to go to and settle. I can not remember what this was called, but they thought that they received that land from God, in some sort of message. This was when California was also in their gold rush and people were looking for a quick way to get rich. So now even more and more people were wanting to come west and see what was there. Native Americans habited this land and now there was a problem on what to do with them. This time period brought out racism. The white men decided to say that this is our land and you either will go to our reservation or you will be killed. In this story, the Native Americans decided to fight back it appears. This decision turns out to be fatal. Everybody is dying or is freezing to death (Chief Joseph 533). It is cold out, they have no blankets, no food, and people are freezing to death (Chief Joseph 533). They have decided that they regret their decision and that they will fight no more (Chief Joseph).
Thoreau definitely would have liked the Indians because he was a big man about nature. He was one of those guys that felt like he was a part of nature. He even said things like, is not my body made up of leaves (Grant). As a reader, you can almost imagine Thoreau in person. He was definitely one of those guys that wanted to be outside. He was getting his hands dirty trying to find worms, or things like that. Those are the things that I envision about Thoreau. There is nothing wrong about that, it is kind of funny how much he loved nature.
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