The article Native Reactions to the Invasion of America by James Axtell is about multiple perspectives and reactions towards the Europeans’ American invasion. Axtell begins by pointing out the difference in the Colombian observations in 1892 and 1992. The author notes that in 1892, the Native Americans’ presence was unfelt as Columbus’s popularity declined. According to the author, the Native Americans only reacted to the European encounter. The author maintains that the confrontations between Europeans and Indians were not simple. Each of the European colonies had a different approach to handling the Native Americans. The Native Americans belonged to other tribes, and each tribe dealt with the European invasion in diverse ways. The Europeans took advantage of the disunity among the native tribes to grab their land and exploit them. Most Indians attempted to maintain their tribal status quo by not essentially trying to defeat the Europeans. The author refers to the Native Americans as barbarians that acted enlightened. Axtell points out that Native Americans treated Europeans like gods. The author explains that the Native Americans designed a similar language to the Europeans to communicate with Indians. However, some Europeans, mainly the Spanish, never wanted to learn a different language. Instead, they kidnaped Indians and took them to Spain to teach them their local language and have translators. Translators were essential for the Europeans because they needed to communicate with the natives while conducting business. The Indians who learned well and became good translators were willing to help. Therefore, they were well treated because of their essential role. Accordingly, they felt their importance and dedicated themselves to offering their translation services. Still, some were disrespected and poorly treated and consequently taught their native tribes how to purchase products at cheaper costs. The mistreatment of translators further pointed to the Europeans’ exploitation, even for natives that served them. During the East Coast colonies’ establishment, the Indians knew what good and bad things the Europeans could do. When the British first encountered the Indians, they felt that some Indians were aggressive. As the British landed, they brought with them deadly diseases, for instance, measles and smallpox. These diseases spread very rapidly in several Native American tribes. The author argues that the Indian treatment approaches made these diseases spread faster and more challenging to treat. Before the Europeans showed the Indians how to treat these diseases, many Indians had already lost their lives. As the population of some tribes began to decline, most of them attempted several ways of reviving their population. For instance, they took prisoners from other tribes and incorporated them into their tribes. Mostly, the prisoners took the jobs of the deceased members of the tribe they got assimilated into and blended accordingly. The tribes that adopted prisoners did not set any significant rules because they needed to expand their generations. As a result, the tribes readily welcomed the prisoners as their people. The final strategy for some native tribes involved relocating to a