The Indians and settlers always had a hard time living together but they managed to do. Everyone had their own region and they minded their business. There was always tension between both groups but as time goes on the tension got extreme. In “King Philip’s Herds: Indians, Colonists, and The Problem of Livestock in Early New England” we learned that the arrival of livestock in the New World caused major tension and problems between colonists and settlers. The article by Virginia DeJohn Anderson explained and taught us about how livestock in the New World pitted the Indians and settlers against each other more than they already are. Anderson brought up many good points to demonstrates his point and he even used the language that was used back …show more content…
Native American never supported domestication of animals and animal husbandry . They always believed that animals should be hunted and eaten and the only domesticated animal that they were familiar with was dogs. However, they raised some livestock. They adopted livestock husbandry of hogs. They preferred hogs because they were similar to dogs. When the settlers’ animals entered the natives’ lands and destroyed their crops, there was nothing done about it. They had to take matters into their hands but everything was different when it was vice versa. The settlers were not big fans of pigs. They always saw them as dirty animals and when the natives’ hogs trespass the settler’s land, it was a huge deal. Whenever the settlers saw a pig trespassing, they assume that it was stolen and that it doesn’t belong to the natives. Also, legal actions were taken against the Indians when their livestock went over to the settlers’ side. That was the imagery in the beginning that the author provided; to make his audience imagine what was going on. A younger son received a letter informing him that he was to be reprimanded for his hogs intruding and he had to remove his animals. With an imagery like that, the author was able to appeal to his audience