Across the country, Native Americans used this practice to prepare their fields for planting or create areas for local wildlife. Taylor succeeds in his message to reorient the vision of his readers. Contrary to common belief, Native Americans suffered more from European diseases and affected the local environment with fires. The other author who provides readers with a different historical perspective is Daniel Richter. Richter's book Facing East from Indian Country allows readers to see the story of coming to America from the perspective of Native Americans. An interesting point Richter makes in his book is: “Perhaps the strangest lesson of all was that in the new nation the whites had the right to be called “Americans,” the Indians strangely became something else.” In early America, when the first Europeans arrived in America, they mistakenly referred to the natives as “Indians.” Even people today use the term “Indian” when referring to natives