In the primary source, “A Maidu Women Recalls an Escape to Fort Wright, 1850,” Evelene Mota writes about the Concow tribe’s move from the Sacramento Valley to Fort Wright. Mota recalls how her tribe was like prior to the arrival of White Settlers, saying that the tribe “lived here in peace and harmony with nature and other tribes.” However, when the white settlers arrived, Mota explains the terrible acts they committed against the tribe by stealing food and young girls, sometimes selling them. This primary document helped me understand more as to how the native tribes were run off of their territory because the Concow people were literally run off and “over the edge of a high cliff, down into the water.” Mota describes Fort Wright as “beautiful” …show more content…
This primary document teaches us that the people involved in the constructing and the planning, including the President of the United States took great pride in its completion. The completion of the railroad was remembered with many people there cheering and waiting for the bell to ring. Additionally, I can relate this document to a dramatic scene in a movie because the document explains that the two governors put in the final plate and spikes, with the crowd cheering during these actions. It was very prominent that they felt pride in their construction because they inscribed the last plate to read, “The last tie laid on the completion of the Pacific Railroad, May 10, 1869.” This inscription meaning that they knew the railroads would run for many years to come, even past their lifetime. This document teaches us about that the people responsible for the construction of the Pacific Railroad knew they were building something that would impact the entire country. A way to connect states from east and west and they prove its importance by praying over it, poring champagne and christening