Notwithstanding the popular idea that the Amerinds were devils incarnate, many tribes when first encountered were kindly, and trusted the newcomers till the moment came, as it soon did, when they were basely deceived. That all tribes were trusting is not claimed, but it is well known that many explorers found the Amerinds ready to receive them fairly and honestly. Neither Cartier nor Roberval met with hostility from natives, and the success of the straightforwardness of Penn in his dealings with them is unquestioned.[7] It has been stated that the European is no more than a whitewashed savage, and his intercourse with the Amerind people bears out this description. There was often provocation on both sides, augmented by the complete ignorance of each other’s ways and customs. Actions which were correct according to the manners of the Amerinds were offensive to the whites, and _vice versa_, and, to add to the ever-increasing hostility, the whites resented upon all Amerinds the crime or indiscretion of one or a few members of a particular tribe. If an Amerind committed a crime, the next one met with suffered for it. When Walker, in 1833, treacherously abandoned the line of work Bonneville had laid out for him and struck down the Humboldt for California, one of the men had his traps carried off by some of the Shoshokoes. He swore to kill the first one he should meet, and so their trail was one of blood. At one place they murdered no less than twenty-five unsuspecting red people without provocation. This was the manner in which these pioneers exhibited their superiority. There have always, too, been certain whites, more or less outlawed, like one Rose, who have struck up a friendship with the worst tribes for the purpose of inciting them against the whites to advance their own profit. [Illustration: KICKING BEAR, SIOUX]