 despite the approach of the white man, they did not remove their wigwams , but received their strange visitors with a kindly greeting , and lived in intimate friendship with them.
<fluency>  despite the approach of the white man, they did not remove their wigwams , but received their strange visitors with a kindly greeting , and lived in intimate friendship with them.
 despite the approach of the white man, they did not remove their wigwams , but received their strange visitors with a kindly greeting and lived in intimate friendship with them.