dians. Jones never really gives his personal opinion on whether or not he liked the Indians, but Brackenridge make his view very clear. He makes this apparent in the title of his essay, "The Indians Have No Exclusive Claim to America." Brackenridge supports this notion with many references to the Bible. He states that "The whole of this earth was given to man, and all descendants of Adam have a right to share it equally" (Brackenridge, in Unger, p. 47). He does not believe that the person who discovers the land has a right to all of it. He backs this point up by using another Bible reference. He states that Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet explored three-quarters of the world, but this does not give them a claim to the entire world. In Breckenridge's opinion, a man should only occupy the land that he needs to survive. This seems a contradiction to English ways. Did the British Empire not extend its power half way around the world? Breckenridge thinks that the Indians should be driven from the land all together. This once again contradicts the statement he makes about all descendants of Adam having an equal right to the land. He refers to the Indians as "devils," backing this up with the pretense that they have no faith and can, in no way, be trusted. Breckenridge is obviously a very religious man and makes it a point to use this in his argument.William Penn sees the Indians in a much better way than Breckenridge. He, in his own way, respects and admires them. Along with first hand accounts of how the Indians lived their daily lives, Penn gives a reliable account without English biases. Penn describes the Indians in comparison to other cultures. For example, he compares their complexion to that of the English Gypsies and Italians, their noses to those of the Romans, and their language to Hebrew. Penn even compliments the Indians language by stating that, "I know not a Language spoken in Europe, that hath words of mor...
