Captives!

One of the factors of Indian-European relations that I found quite interesting, and also quite revealing of the differences that existed on each side, was how each treated captives. The section on the book described typical fates of captives on both sides. Indian who were taken as captive were immediately regarded as slaves and used for labor on southern plantations or those in the Caribbeans. While it would be incorrect to state that Indian's treated all captives as kin, a women who could not keep up because of a recent child birth was tomahawked on the trek back after being taken captive, it is accurate to state that on the whole Indian's did treat their captives with much more respect. Many of the captives were adopted into the Indian tribes to replace deceased tribe members, and were therefore considered kin. Additionally, upon liberation, many captives displayed reluctance or outright refusal to leave the tribe. Obviously, Native American's had a differing idea of what being a captive meant than the Europeans. Indians often raided other tribes for slaves to sell to the Europeans. This makes me curious if the captors understood the fate of these slaves, and the treatment they would be subjected to.
While I didn't have any specific questions from this chapter, I did observe that this chapter made much heavier use of quotations from Native American leaders of the time. This is a stark change from previous chapters, which were dominated by Europeans. I was unsure why Native Americans would become more well documented during this time, but I suppose it could be due to an increase in their proximity to Europeans, and the fact that some Indians are attending western schools. I just found this interesting.