... the Indians themselves were a resource, being souls ripe for the Christian plucking. It was the Europeans' cultural arrogance, combined with their materialistic view of the land and its animal and plant beings, that the Indians found repellent. Europeans were regarded as mechanical, soulless creatures that wielded evil tools and weapons to accomplish mad ends. They believed that the Indian's rightful land ... the Native's did not choose theirs. The luck of the draw, the miracle of creation, determines a cultures racial heritage. The main part of any liberal culture is respect for these ...

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