The perspectives and encounters that the Native American and Colonial alone with the Puritan had with each other during the early period of American literature was quit intense.  Native American had different tribes that spoke different languages, they develop distinct cultures and they also had their own political structures. The Native American was efficient farmers. They grew their crop in the same fields such as beans, pumpkins and squash. This puzzled the Europeans who grew their crops in different fields. They really didn't understand the Native American way of   life and because they didn't understand them, they set out to destroy them.

Even in the early years of settlement, European colonists of ten criticized one another for dealing too harshly or too greedily with their Native neighbors. A person might argue that even under the best of circumstances, colonial attitudes toward their original neighbors were colored by ignorance of tribal cultures and desire for profit.

In the minds of the Native American, the European discovery of the new world was more aptly an invasion. Native Americans had inherited the land that is now called America and eventually their lives were destroyed due to European Colonization. The Europeans actually changed the Native American way of life and it wasn't for the better. Some of the Native American was sold into slavery and many of them were force off their land. When the Europeans settled they brought with them different types of diseases which killed off many Natives Americans because they had no immunity against. With the diseases and the war, ninety percent of the Native American was killed.

When the Puritans arrived in 1629, their religion affected their attitude toward the Native Americans. They felt that the Native Americans were beneath them because of their lifestyle.

Ref erences

• The Norton Anthology American Literature/volume A
• ​​​​​​​www.allabouthistory.org/native-american-history.htm