English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
1941
Abstract
The inhabitants of the newly discovered North American continent were of great interest to contemporary Europeans. What manner of creatures lived in this new land? Were they monsters? Were they men? A few Indians were brought back to Europe by Columbus, by Cartier, and by Smith, but these were seen by a limited number of the populace. The widespread impressions of the natives came, therefore, from the early writings, the chronicles, the reports, and the letters of the explorers and the first settlers. It is from these sources that the picture of the North American Indian was created for the Europeans.
Degree Name
English
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Thomas Matthews Pearce
Second Committee Member
Dane Farnsworth Smith
Third Committee Member
Dudley Whynn
Fourth Committee Member
Frank Driver Reeve
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Blessing, Edith Stephens. "The North American Indian as Presented in Early Chronicles." (1941). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/107
