Question

Infer in Lines 87-90 Mann writes that "New England's major river valleys...held large permanent villages many nestled in constellations of suburban hamlets and hunting camps". What words on this sentence have strong connotations? How might these feeling affect readers impression of Native American life in this time and place?

Answer 1

I would say that the words and phrases with the strongest connotation are: "large permanent villages", "nestled", "suburban hamlets". Those words connote that Native Americans weren't hunting nomads and warriors. They also had their own, authentic culture, a way of life and civilization. They had settled in those regions centuries ago, and had made them their home. The reader gets an impression that they got disturbed by foreigners who had their own interests.