The Great Indian Uprising (1622)

    In this primary source, it goes back to The Great Indian Uprising that took place in 1622. During this time,  colonists lost a quarter of their people from the great attack. The attack consisted of Indians attacking the Virginian colonists with arrows and broke the bond between the two. It states, "they well knowing in what places and quarters each of our men were, in regard of their daily familiarity and resort to us for trading and other negotiations, which the more willingly was by us continued and cherished for the desire we had of effecting that great masterpiece of works, their conversion."

     The audience of this piece includes the people of Virginia, England, and people today. The limitations i noticed in this was, where was this posted? Was this shared with officials and to all people? There are some things said towards the Indians, and it makes me wonder if this was a writing in a journal or was it published everywhere? The focus of this was to explain and present The Great Indian Uprising and why the colonists should no longer depend on them, He states, "We, who hitherto have had possession of no more ground than their waste and our purchase at a valuable consideration to their own contentment gained, may now by right of war, and law of nations, invade the country and destroy them who sought to destroy us."

      The content includes five paragraphs written in second person point of view. The authorship is Edward Waterhouse: a prominent Virginian official. While reading his views, I was very disgusted, I did not like his views in the last paragraph when he encouraged the people to destroy the Indians. He convinced others that that should no longer be dependent on the Indians. Personally, I love the Native Americans and we basically stole their land.