Contrast Essay: The Mcgillivray Moment And Chief Joseph Surrenders

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Compare and Contrast essay "The McGillivray Moment" and "Chief Joseph Surrenders" are both about struggles the Native American Indians went through in their lives and their encounters with the settlers of North America. The settlers of North America were not courteous to the rights the Native Americans had and to their traditions. The McGillivray Moment is a meeting known as the "apogee of Washington 's optimism.". This shows Washington actually cared about what happened to the Native Americans and he wanted to protect their rights. It is a time period in American history that personified our poor overall treatment of Native Americans and the land where they live. In 1789 at Rock Landing, Georgia, the Creek Indians and the United States …show more content…

The United States granted the Creeks the right to punish non-Indian trespassers in their territory but refused to allow the Creeks to punish non-Indians who committed crimes on Creek lands. For their part, the Creeks agreed to turn over Creek people accused of crimes to the U.S. courts. In a secret side agreement to the treaty, McGillivray received a post as a Brigadier in the U.S. Army and was granted permission to import goods through the Spanish port of Pensacola without paying American …show more content…

Although Chief Joseph is the most well known of the Nez Perce leaders, he was not the sole overall leader. The Nez Perce were led by a coalition of several leaders from the different bands who comprised the "non-treaty" Nez Perce, including the Wallowa Ollokot, White Bird of the Lamátta band, Toohoolhoolzote of the Pikunin band, and Looking Glass of the Alpowai band. Brigadier General Howard was the head of the U.S. Army 's Department of the Columbia, which was tasked with forcing the Nez Perce onto the reservation whose jurisdiction was extended by General William Tecumseh Sherman to allow Howard 's pursuit. Chief Joseph and White Bird were joined by Looking Glass 's band. After several battles in Idaho during the next month begins a remarkable fighting retreat. They attempted to seek refuge with the Crow Nation, but, rebuffed by the Crow, ultimately decided to try to reach safety in Canada. The war came to an end when then Nez Perce stopped to make camp and rest on the prairie next to Snake Creek in the low hills of the north slope of the Bear 's Paw Mountains in Montana Territory, only 40 miles from the Canadian

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