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The relationship between the Indians and the European explorers, trappers and settlers were the earliest history of the New World.

Some of the Indians were friendly at first. The Indians tought the newcomers many things. When the Europeans came to the New World, the Europeans were used to live on farms or in cities.

The Europeans followed the Indian trails. They followed this trails to find water sources, copper and gold and silver deposits, turqoise, and other minerals. The Europeans learned how to make snow shoes, toboggans and travel by canoe from the Indians.

Another important gift of the Indians is food. The Indians grew many types of food. Such as: 1)avocades, 2)corn, 3)peanuts, 4)peppers, 5)pineapples, 6)potatoes, 7)squash, and 8)tomatoes.

The Indians introduced tobacco to the whites.

The Indians learned from the whites as well. The Europeans brought metal equipment, guns, and liqour to the Indians. Also, the Europeans brought cattle and horses to the Indians. Horses and cattle were unknown to the Indians.

The Indians and the Europeans have different ways of life. Some of the Europeans understood the Indians and treated the Indians fairly. The other Europeans cheated the Indians and took their land.

The Indians fought back, and thousand of Indians were killed. The only weapons the Indians had were bows, arrows, and spears.

The Europeans had guns, measles, small pox, tuberculosis that killed thousands of Indians. These diseases were brought by the whites.

The Europeans settled in North America, and they moved westward. The Europeans became a major threat to the Indians way of life. The whites moved the rest of the Indians to reservations.

The Indians today still don't follow the white man's ways. In Central and South America, many tribes have kept their language and their way of life. Most of the Indians became part of the new way that consists of Indian and European ways.

The daily activities of the Indians are centered on the family and the main necessities of life. The man necessities of life are food, clothing, and shelter. Men and women have separate tasks.

The men would bring in the food. The women would prepare the food, and they do work around the house. The main source of the Indians food comes from North America. In parts of what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Middle and South Americas, these places were farmed by the Indians.

The Indians married at an early age. The girls married anywhere from the ages of 12-15. The boys married anywhere from the ages of 15-20.

The parents would choose the marriage partners for the young people. Sometimes, the close relatives would chose the marriage partners.

Love wasn't the idea of the marriage. During the marriage, the husband and wife will become fond of each other. Most North American Indains could select their mate.

The Indian groom would ahve to persuade the girl and her parents that he would be the best husband.

In the New World, the marriage was a family affair and not a religious ceremony. The bride's family would usually receive presents from teh groom's family.

The newly married couples would live with the bride's family. The husband would work for her family. The husband would leave the work until the birth of their first child.

After the child was born, the couple would establish their own home. The couple doesn't move to a new home in a new area. The couples would join an existing family group.

Sometimes, they will live with one that is close by to them. The couples may have move in with a relative of the man or woman. This is called an extended family.

The extended family will share the daily work, and they will raise the children.

The Indian societies allowed the men to have more than one wife. This practice is common among the rich or powerful men.

Certain trives are striclty limited men to one mate. Such trives like this are the Iroquois and the Pueblo of North America.

The wife would sometimes live with the husband's brother as wife after the husband died. The wife would do this even if the husband's brother was married.

The wife's family would give her husband another daughter to marry and to replace her after the woman dies.