Remake of Embedded Quotes by Dean Tsuyuki

jimenal0908 — 2025-09-16 21:42:51 UTC

He opened his discussion shares to the audience about the roles that the Native Americans have in their society and who does what. He illustrates the men's jobs by listing each role “Indian Men, when young are Hunters” (Franklin 1) and “When old, Counslers” (Franklin 1).

leonelc0819 — 2025-09-16 21:43:09 UTC

Franklin goes into detail about the two, stressing the Native Americans as patient and civil in meetings as they allow for speakers to be uninterrupted, whereas in the British council “ . . . scarce a Day passes without some Confusion . . . ” (2).

nuhaam3436 — 2025-09-16 21:43:17 UTC

He retells a story of how a Native and a Colonist were sharing their religious beliefs, and points out “[the native americans] believed all your Stories; [we] refuse to believe [theirs]?”

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When comparing the behavioral differences of the two societies during a public council meeting, he lists the roles of the Indian members during the conference and mentions how the “[women] are the Records of the Council” (2).

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When listing the positions held in a typical Native American society, Franklin esteems their business as “natural and honorable,” for their simplistic yet productive manner of life brings them “leisure for improvement” (1).

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Franklin clarifies that Native Americans have an intricate social hierarchy with men holding positions such as warriors and counselors while women are to raise children and record meetings, all without the use of harmful systems such as “prisons . . . [to] inflict punishment” and the need for “artificial wants” (1).

Franklin observes that Native Americans “do not attempt to confute [a speaker] while he is speaking, they answer him in turn with calmness and modesty”, whereas the Europeans fill their conversations with “impertinent interruptions” and “disputes" (Franklin 2).

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For example, he recounts the story of Canassetego, who explains that when a colonist entered their territory, they treated them with courtesy and “demanded nothing in return”, but when he had gone into a European territory and asked for food, he was told, “Where is your money?” and when he replied by expressing that he had none, he was told “get out, you Indian Dog” (3).

2025-09-16 21:47:29 UTC

Towards the middle of his argument, he compares the government like structure of the two groups as he observes that “The old Men sit in the foremost Ranks” versus in the colonial government “where a scarce Day passes without some Confusion” (Franklin 5).

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At the end of his essay, he recalls the insult of “get out you Indian dog” to illustrate how native Americans were often treated with contempt by the Colonists (3).

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Franklin’s emotional response appears when he discusses, “ Europeans and including myself are guilty about viewing Native Americans as savages” (Franklin 1).

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In the second page of his essay, Franklin recalls that the natives were “not less obliged by [the Europeans] kind offer” and that in spite of rejecting the offer, the natives are willing to educate some Europeans out of generosity and courtesy by promising to “take great care of their education, instruct them in all [they] know, and make men out of them”(2).