During westward expansion, many westerners forced Native Americans out of their one, sometimes by violent means. In one instance “troops opened fire on this mass of men, women, and children, and all began to scatter and run” and “friends were then extremely anxious to prove that our camp was hostile, but they had no facts in support of their statements” (Doc C). The more peaceful altercations involved settlers “clapping their hands and yelling at us, making fun of us as we walked away from our home and village” when seeing the natives forced to leave. The livelihood of natives was disregarded by the settlers traveling West and the government promoting the idea of westward