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A 7 page discussion of how the view of this man and his war against the English colonist changed over time. Basing the discussion on the popular nineteenth century play “Metamora”, this paper contends that Americans had softened in many regards as to their perception of Native Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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address to Congress outlining his now-infamous Indian removal policies; a play premiered in New York City that was, in actuality, a reflection of the countrys changing mood in regard to
Indian relations. John Augustus Stones prize-winning "Metamora" was one of several plays at the time, in fact, that reflected this mood. It might also be contended, however, that
"Metamora" and plays like it were a kind of apology for the many wrongs we as a people had dealt to another. Although those wrongs were far from over,
people had softened over time and were in some ways more receptive to the idea of Native Americans as tragic figures. The people that were soon to be removed
on the Trail of Tears were a beaten and tired people, a people that inspired sympathy more than they inspired fear. Consequently, the horrors of history did not represent
the degree of threat than they did just a couple of centuries earlier. There was, of course, an obvious irony in the fact
that the plays that drew so many Americans to the hero portrayed the American Indian in such a positive light given the predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the
stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White relations. These plays in many ways, in fact, predicted what was to come. Sayre (2009)
points out that numerous authors contend that at the very least these plays served to "justify what many white Americans believed to be an inevitable process of terminating the sovereignty
of native peoples" (81). Sayre (2009), however, counters that the story of Metacom the Wapanoag chief is actually of much more importance than other authors have assigned it.
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