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In the document, "Indians: Textualism, Morality, and The Problem of History," Jane Tompkins examines the conflicts between the English settlers and the American Indians. After examining several primary sources, Tompkins found that different history books have dif ....

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.... even recognize the Indian’s existence in America, calling it "vacant." The fact is that there were Indians here, Miller just didn’t see history in that light. Secondly, Tompkins went to the book, New England Frontier Puritans and Indians, 1620-1675 authored by Alden Vuaghan in 1965. This Vuaghan’s angle toward American history was antipodal to Miller, even though the writers spoke of the same effects. Vuaghan recognized the Indian’s presence, he speaks of the European settlers and Indians not only having humane, considerate relationships, but using their differences to help one another (205). Tompkins claims this to be irrelevant, saying ....