From the time contact was established between Europeans and Native Americans, different perspectives made these civilizations' interactions difficult and often sparked conflict. Europeans saw the world from a completely different perspective than Native Americans. This article will use three situations that occurred between Europeans and Native Americans to illustrate how different the two perspectives often were. These situations were: the Treaty of Casco Bay of 1727; the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744; and Georgia's dispossession of Cherokee properties from 1828 to 1835. This article will answer some basic questions about the situations, such as: the reasons for the misunderstandings; the events that result from different perspectives; and who was the “winner” of these situations. Finally, this article will draw some conclusions about how ideas influenced the functioning of power in these situations. The Treaty of Casco Bay of 1727 was intended to ease tensions that had arisen between the English and several tribes of Abenaki Indians in Maine. The Abenakis are said to have carried out attacks against the English settlers in the region. The English finally forced the Abenakis to sign a treaty in which the Indians promised to "cease and desist from all acts of hostility, injury and discord to all subjects of the crown of Great Britain" and to " maintain a firm and constant friendship with all.” the English.” The matter could have ended there; however, the official wording of the signed treaty turned out to be different from what the Abenaki thought they had negotiated. The English transcribers of the treaty described the Abena... middle of paper ...... 744,” in The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America, ed. Colin G. Calloway (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1994), 101Canasatego, 101Canasatego, 102Canasatego, 102Katherine Osburn, “Indian Removal: Policy Issues and Enactment,” 5.Perdue, Theda and Michael D. Green. The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents, (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005), 85-86. Perdue and Green, 3Cherokee Indians “Cherokee Nation Protest Memorial, June 22, 1836” in The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents, ed. Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005), 87Cherokee Indians, 88Cherokee Indians, 91Atiwaneto “Speech Resisting Colonial Expansion 1752,” in The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America, ed. Colin G. Calloway (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1994), 127