Topic > Analysis by Edward Waterhouse - 979

The stress of this caused their once cherished friendship to wither into a sick hatred. The British began a campaign of demonization of Native Americans. The image of Native Americans was depicted in Red, White, and Black as friendly traders who shared a mutually beneficial relationship with each other. Evidently, as land disputes arose, a very different picture began to appear. The new illustration painted by the English was that Native Americans were “comparable to beasts” and “wild and savage people, living like so many dears in a forest.” It was the sudden change of heart between the two societies that supported Waterhouse's claims about the changing relationship between the English and the natives