A deep thought to wind us down...

THOMAS MORTON RIDDLE

The Thomas Morton riddle was one that kept coming up in the work. The riddle was compelling and full of deep thought. It mentions the idea that the difference between the Europeans and Indians was that the Europeans, “loved their property differently,” (80). Dwight makes a point about Indians in that they, “may be civilized; wherever it cannot , they still remain Indians,” (Dwight 164). Dwight alludes that the Indians were overwhelmed with the fact that the Europeans just loved property more so than they did. Once the Europeans stepped foot on that land, the property became the colonists’. “The land could not long remain unchanged if it were owned in a different way,” (Cronon 80).