Savage Indians

Today I read about Native Americans in the textbook archive and learned about how Indians lived from being resourceful by, killing wild animals for food, clothes, and even equipment. The Indians were also very cruel. If they captured a prisoner they would torture them before they would kill them and the Indian with the most scalps was considered the bravest warrior. We looked up the definition of savage and it is someone who is uncivilized and barbarous and a fierce or cruel person.

"If you were an American student reading this text as part of your schoolwork, how would that shape the way you viewed Native Americans?"

If I were an American student reading this text as a part of my schoolwork, I would think that the Native Americans were very resourceful by the way of life, by killing wild animals for food, clothes, and equipment. I would also very impressed about how they build their houses out of material they find in the wild. I would also be very terrified of the Indians because of the way they torture prisoners, enjoy war, and believe that the most scalps a Indian has is considered the bravest warrior. I would have mixed emotions about Native Americans.

CW and HW of Indians Newspaper

In the Salt Lake Daily Herald newspaper I found out that a large group of Indians attacked a camping site where people lived. Salt Lake City in 1880 only had a population of 20,768. When the Indians attacked they only killed one person and eight horses. I found this article very interesting especially why would they attack these innocent people?


August 4, 1880

Dear Diary,

Today I thought I was going to die. A band of about 100 hostile Indians attacked our camp at 9 am. I started running with my kids and we got away. I ran up to the cliff and sat up there to see what was happening. The Indians attacked but were repulsed. Captain Gielle, with two companions showed up. A sharp engagement with troops and Indians took place which lasted 3 hours. Lieutenant Colladay was wounded, one solider and eight horses were killed. At 2 pm Captains Nolan's command arrived on scene and all of the Indians fled. They lost the Indians and could not find them. But at least only one human fatality occurred and that my family is okay.

Deep Thinking

Our use of social media for news is selective and intentional so that we may tend to remain interested in things that we are already interested in. On the other hand professional news outlets like newspapers expose readers to information on a broad range of topics this helps me to see what other people think is important.

Newspaper Exhibits

           A newspaper is a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features,and advertising. The first newspaper was printed in 1641 in England. The first successful daily newspaper in Britain was not printed until 1702. The Boston The Hartford Courant was published On October 29, 1774 and is known as the oldest newspaper in the United States. In the New York Times the leading story is Obama to Announce Halt of U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan. A newspaper of record is a major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative. In 1913, The New York Times was the "newspaper of record" because it became the first U.S. newspaper to publish an index of the subjects covered in its pages. Looking at a Newspaper is more efficient then just by using social media to stay connected, because on a newspaper, everything you need to know is all in the paper and not spread out in social media. 

First Quarter Reflections

           I have learned very much in US History the first quarter. I have become a better researcher as well as a becoming a better critical thinker. I have also learned many tech skill that I have not known how to. Lastly, I learned the difference between sympathy and empathy. These skills help me inside the classroom of US History but it also helps outside the classroom.

            I hope to grow as a US history student by, being able to read a history textbook better and be better at comprehending material that you read. I hope to watch another movie about slavery and have class discussions about the movie. I also would like to do research on a movie and write an essay on it. This is what I hope to do in the second quarter of the school year.