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The letter denotes the story of a violent skirmish between Native peoples and American colonial settlers. This was not uncommon due to the late 1850s seeing a rise in expansionist movements of colonial settlers. The colonists would come into direct…

The 19th century map of Hawaii shows the 137 Hawaiian islands. Before European exploration, education was more skill based and home taught. This gives the map reader a good idea of how European exploration westernised education to create such a…

The source shows a clipping from a newspaper, the clipping shows that the newspaper served a purpose of advertising to the people of Hawaii. However, whilst this newspaper is printed for the Hawaiian Islands, it is clearly serving a purpose for those…

This document, written in 1850, describes a very different situation at Fort Rupert then that of the previous source pertaining to this location. Richard Blanshard, Governor of Vancouver Island, sends a dispatch to London, notifying them of the death…

his photograph shows a group of 3 settler men sitting with 2 Native American Women and 1 indigenous Child. One man can be seen being playful with another of the men and one of the women. In the background is a shored boat, with a small log cabin…