The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman, the motive of The Oregon civilise, encountered m any incompatible tribes of Indians and terrains as he traveled west across the unify States and his views on both of these matters seemed to castrate as he got nurture and further westward. In the begin Parkman seemed apprehensive when speaking nearly the Indians, either thinking of them as poor or of knock-down-and-drag-out in nature no matter the situation they were in. He and his caller were always on guard when around any of these people. Parkman chargetually byword the Indians as a people struggle for their survival in a earth where it is not so easy to do. While he wanted there to be westward expansion he realized that this was not secure a trail  nevertheless it was home to many diverse peoples along the way. Parkman view on the American west changed ofttimes the way his opinions on the Indians did. At first he believed that the pathway to get to the west was breathed and at times it was very(prenominal) unfulfilling. As he and his group of work force travelled he realized what beauty that this land held and the reward that he readiness face at the completion of the journey. Yes it was tough in the get down for all of them but in the end it do the get down worthwhile.\nThroughout The Oregon Trail there is an underlying printing the Parkman was looking down upon the Indians that his party would encounter along their journey. This was even noticeable when they were just author to travel through St. Louis. Parkman made it clear that he design runty of the Indians and that they were a very poor people by the way that he draw them. He says that they argon, tall men in half-civilized cut  (Parkman II). Parkman is viewing that his normal stereotype for Indians is that they dress in uncivilized garments that are a step downstairs that of the attire that a whiten person would wear. Parkman says many little things in the early split of the trip that shows t hat he has a distaste for the Indians. When he saw the group of Shawanoe...