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A 12 page paper that provides an overview of the progression of settlements and Christianity westward in the 19th century and considers the elements of socialization, land value and conflict that determined the roles of both settlers and Native Americans. Bibliography lists two sources.
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and violent opposition between whites and Indians, the early progression of civilian settlements west during a similar period of Indian migration led to a level of complicity between settlers and
Indians. At the very least, an understanding of the society and cultural aspects of both communities, including the focus on Christianity and the missionary actions of people like Narcissa
Whitman, actually suggests similarities in both cultures in terms of the desire for land acquisition, the transformation of the family structure, and an emerging value in trade and economic interactions.
One of the misconceptions about the progression of settlers into the West was that conflict was the totality of the experiences between whites and Indians. In reality,
many of the problems experienced by whites, including internal conflict in communities and the progression of disease, were common to both white and Indian communities, and the similarity in some
aspects of comparison, especially when considering the family development, makes a clear statement about the misconceptions and differences commonly attached to the westward settlement of the United States.
II. Settling the West Emigration to the West was supported by the Missouri Compromise and the emergence of free land opportunities. At the same time, there was also
a progression of Indian emigration into the central plains and western regions of the country, based not only the movement of white settlements, but also on the transformation of natural
resources and the clear need to address reductions in bison populations (now discovered to have been a directive of government operations created to resettle Indian populations), but also based in
the compliance between Indians and white western settlers and the desire to pursue similar goals in land acquisition. At one time, the Indians were considered the most volatile
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