Read the quotation below from Native American tribes and answer the questions that follow.

Our fathers had plenty of deer and skins, our plains were full of deer, also our woods, and of turkeys, and our coves full of fish and fowl. But these English having gotten our land, they with scythes cut down the grass, and with axes fell the trees, their cows and horses eat the grass, and their hogs spoil our clam banks, and we shall all be starved. Speech by a Narragansett leader in 1642.

Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor all with whom we share the Earth: four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plant, and rock. Walk in balance and beauty. -Native American Elder

Which statement do you think provides the strongest support for the position? Why?