People were already living in America long before the white man “discovered” it. These people were known as Native Americans. They had lived peacefully on the land for hundreds of years until the early 1800s, when white settlers began their movement West. When these white settlers encountered the Native Americans, they brought with them unshakable beliefs that would end up causing major conflicts with the natives, who had their own values ​​in their own ways. It was clear that the white man and the Native Americans could not live peacefully with each other because their values ​​and culture were too different. The Native Americans who occupied America before white settlers reached the coasts “covered the land as the waves of a wind-ruffled sea cover its floor paved with shells” (1). These natives were one with nature and the Great Spirit was all around them. They were accustomed to their way of life and lived peacefully. All they want is to live in their land and continue the traditions of their people. When white settlers arrived on their land, Native values ​​were called into question, because the white settlers had nothing in common and believed it was their duty to assimilate Native Americans into the white way of life. However, Native Americans strongly regarded their way of life. In their culture the order of nature was of enormous importance. It was understood that there was an order according to which nature worked and for this reason they were tied to the earth. They could not understand how white people could “wander away from the graves of [their] ancestors and seemingly without regret” (Chief Joseph 2). White settlers arrived in America and immediately began conquering the land, without feeling any shame. To the Native Americans this was shocking, as they believed that “even rocks, which seem silent and dead…[had] memories of moving events connected with the lives of [their] people” (Chief Joseph 3). They did not understand how anyone could forget their ancestors and fight nature in such a way that there was no room for anyone but themselves. Yet the white settlers could not see that what they were doing was wrong. They had come to the West to start a new chapter in life, and if the Native Americans couldn't accept that, then they had to be faced.