Some more specific examples of how their lives were transformed include the natives' new dependence on Europeans for items such as guns, kettles, tobacco and many other goods, the Europeans' desire to convert the natives and how Native American warfare was forever transformed. Because of the Europeans' strong desire to obtain animal pelts and other goods, they were more than willing to trade rifles and common kettles with the natives in exchange for their help in acquiring these pelts. These goods received by the natives transformed their lives, but not entirely for the better. Prior to this commitment, they were an autonomous society that lived off the land. With the introduction of European goods, there was an ever-increasing dependence on these goods which ultimately led to events such as King Philip's War and the deterioration of the Native American way of life. An example of this dependence can be seen by the Chomina during their time as Iroquois prisoners. He says to Laforgue: “It is you Normans, not the Iroquois, who have destroyed me, you with your greed, you who do not share what you have, who offer gifts of muskets, cloth and knives to make us as greedy as you. And I became like you, greedy for things. And this is why I am here and this is why we will die together" (BR, 165). These gifts of firearms as well as the English and French seek