“The ecological relationships which the English sought to reproduce in New England were no less cyclical than those of the Indians; they were only simpler and more concentrated,” (53).
The Indians perspective of the landscape was a much more conservative and self-sustaining. They lived off the land and migrated based on necessity. The Indians simply used what they needed from the ecosystem and once they had their fill, they moved onward. Indians “had learned to exploit the seasonal diversity of their environment by practicing mobility,” (37). They moved from place to place to discover, “maximum abundance through minimal work,” (53). Indians wanted to leave as little impact on the land as possible. Their lives revolved around the ability to move with their possessions being transported and stored on their backs. The Indians had a different connection to the land than the Europeans. The lifestyle was perceived as, “living richly, and having little in the way of either wants or complaints,” (80).
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