Barren Wastelands in the New World

Barren Wastelands In the New World.

Savages, heathens just some names used to describe "Indians" when the western part of the world was discovered. Why would they describe humans that are very intelligent, hard working, and very cultured these names? Was the land a barren wasteland that people of these qualities sustain life? Well apparently to the English it was so. Cultured to the English were dirty streets, bad hygiene, and bad manners, so of course it was a barren wasteland with savages them. To the Indians it was so much more.

First of all, how could a savage sustain life in a barren wasteland if he was a dumb savage? It takes intelligence to live off the land you live on. Indians made the land their source of life. Could a wasteland provide the magnificent houses they lived in? Never the less could a savage construct one? For example the Iroquois build big log houses for the families to live in, the Anasazi (Pueblos) built their home in the cliffs of the southwest. As we know it takes planning, designing, and a lot of work to make a home, and to do it out of a "barren waste land" is very smart. Also, in the Meso-American regions the Aztecs developed a town in the middle of a river without technologies of today. Another example would be how the Papayo diverted water to the driest of areas in the Southwest. Not only does that take brain it also takes a lot of hard work to.

Next, to sustain life in their land the Indians worked hard everyday, and everyday they would do what they needed to do to live of the land but to honor it to. Like I previously stated the houses they built were amazing. They used what they had such as wood, mud for adobe houses, brick, almost anything the land provided. Now if it was a barren wasteland there is no way they could have these supplies they used. Never the less to say a savage would do these things. It took a lot of hard labor to construct homes. Another example would be their way of gathering food not only hunting but farming as well. In the Southwest they grew squash, beans, corn just to say some. They grew them in the dessert of all places. The Indians were very adapted their land, and worked hard to live off it and respect it. Respect was a valued issue among the Indians.

Lastly, the Indians respected the land they lived off it was their life support. The Indians felt the only way they could