and animals gave both the Europeans and the Indians added diversity to their diets. The Indians believed in survival of the fittest, in which they depended on nature for their survival. They conducted many rituals, ceremonies, and taboos in acknowledgment of their gods. (Tindall, pg. 79) The Europeans viewed natural resources as privately owned commodities to be sold for profit. (Tindall, pg. 108) The Europeans adopted many Native American devices as well as parts of the Native American language. The one thing that the Europeans brought to the New World that the Indians could not adopt was illnesses. Even minor European diseases such as measles desperately took over the Indians. Major diseases such as smallpox and typhox killed the Native Americans rapidly causing them to di
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