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Savages In 1828 Webster issued his american ditionary of the english language. In the dictionary they defined the word savage as a human being in his native state who is uncivilized or without cultivation of mind or manners. This caused many white americans judge and to look at the native american people as an inferior race. This caused native americans to act out violently and since white amercians could not see a reasnable cause for this violence they used it to jusfity their own. This reasoning caused many whites to commit treacherous acts with a claim to “civilization”.

I enjoyed reading this article because it helped me realize the power and influence our words can have. It also helped me to realize that people usually focus on the negative instead of the positive. It shows the things that can and do go wrong when people dwell on the bad. It was wrong for white americans to justily themselves and push their worng doings in the name of society. They should’t have been so quick to judge the native american people. If they would have stepped back and analyzed the situation then these negative things may never have happened.