THE AMERICAN YAWP READER A Documentary Companion to the American Yawp Volume I [http://www.americanyawp.com/reader.html] 1 Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Indigenous America......................................................................................................................... 8 Native American Creation Stories................................................................................................. 9 Journal of Christopher Columbus, 1492 .................................................................................... 12 An Aztec account of the Spanish attack .................................................................................... 15 Bartolomé de Las Casas Describes the Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples, 1542 ............ 17 Thomas Morton Reflects on Native Americans in New England, 1637 .............................. 19 The story of the Virgin of Guadalupe ........................................................................................ 22 Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca Travels through North America, 1542 .................................. 25 Cliff Palace ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Casta Painting ................................................................................................................................. 29 2. Colliding Cultures .......................................................................................................................... 30 Richard Hakluyt Makes the Case for English Colonization, 1584 ......................................... 31 John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630 ..................................................................... 34 John Lawson Encounters Native Americans, 1709.................................................................. 37 A Gaspesian Man Defends His Way of Life, 1641 .................................................................. 40 The Legend of Moshup, 1830 ..................................................................................................... 42 Accusations of witchcraft, 1692 and 1706 ................................................................................. 44 Manuel Trujillo Accuses Asencio Povia and Antonio Yuba of Sodomy, 1731 .................... 46 Painting of New Orleans .............................................................................................................. 49 Sketch of an Algonquin Village ................................................................................................... 50 3. British North America .................................................................................................................. 51 Olaudah Equiano Describes the Middle Passage, 1789 ........................................................... 52 Recruiting Settlers to Carolina, 1666 .......................................................................................... 54 Letter from Carolina, 1682 ........................................................................................................... 56 Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his Ocean Voyage, 1684 ................................................. 58 Song about Life in Virginia .......................................................................................................... 60 Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address ..................................................................................... 64 Rose Davis is sentenced to a life of slavery, 1715 .................................................................... 67 Print of the Slave Ship Brookes................................................................................................... 69 Map of British North America .................................................................................................... 71 4. Colonial Society .............................................................................................................................. 72 Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704 .......................................... 73 Eliza Lucas Letters, 1740-1741 .................................................................................................... 75 Jonathan Edwards Revives Enfield, Connecticut, 1741 .......................................................... 78 Samson Occom describes his conversion and ministry, 1768 ................................................ 81 Extracts from Gibson Clough’s War Journal, 1759 ................................................................. 83 2 Pontiac Calls for War, 1763 ......................................................................................................... 86 Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, Reflects on the British and French, 1765........................ 87 Blueprint and Photograph of Christ Church ............................................................................. 89 Royall Family .................................................................................................................................. 90 5. The American Revolution ............................................................................................................ 91 George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834 ...................................... 92 Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776 .......................................................... 95 Declaration of Independence, 1776 ............................................................................................ 97 Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation, 1780 .................................................... 103 Oneida Declaration of Neutrality, 1775 ................................................................................... 105 Boston King recalls fighting for the British and securing his freedom, 1798 .................... 107 Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women’s Rights, 1776 ............................................ 109 American Revolution Cartoon................................................................................................... 112 Drawing of Uniforms of the American Revolution ............................................................... 113 6. A New Nation .............................................................................................................................. 114 Hector St. Jean de Crèvecœur Describes the American people, 1782 ................................. 115 A Confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786 ................... 117 Mary Smith Cranch comments on politics, 1786-87 .............................................................. 120 James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785 ...... 123 George Washington, “Farewell Address,” 1796 ..................................................................... 126 Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, 1798 ....................... 128 Susannah Rowson, Charlotte Temple, 1794................................................................................. 130 Constitutional Ratification Cartoon, 1789 ............................................................................... 132 Anti-Thomas Jefferson Cartoon, 1797 ..................................................................................... 133 7. The Early Republic ...................................................................................................................... 134 Letter of Cato and Petition by “the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act,” in Postscript to the Freeman’s Journal, September 21, 1781 .......................................................... 135 Thomas Jefferson’s Racism, 1788 ............................................................................................. 137 Black scientist Benjamin Banneker demonstrates Black intelligence to Thomas Jefferson, 1791 ............................................................................................................................................... 140 Creek headman Alexander McGillivray (Hoboi-Hili-Miko) seeks to build an alliance with Spain, 1785.................................................................................................................................... 143 Tecumseh Calls for Pan-Indian Resistance, 1810 ................................................................... 145 Congress Debates Going to War, 1811 .................................................................................... 146 Abigail Bailey Escapes an Abusive Relationship, 1815 .......................................................... 149 Genius of the Ladies Magazine Illustration, 1792 .................................................................. 151 America Guided by Wisdom Engraving, 1815 ....................................................................... 153 8. The Market Revolution ............................................................................................................... 154 James Madison Asks Congress to Support Internal Improvements, 1815 ......................... 155 A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal, 1829.......................................................... 157 3 Blacksmith Apprentice Contract, 1836 ...................................................................................