《一位美国农民的来信》是美国早期文学经典作品之一,作者克雷夫科尔在探讨其他问题的同时,也谈及了印第安部落的文化和习俗。如果将当时的历史背景考虑在内,可以看出作者对于印第安人的看法实际上反映了当时普遍存在的欧洲中心意识,而该作品也为欧洲白人在殖民时期对于印第安土地的入侵和对印第安部族的大肆屠杀提供了堂而皇之的借口。 The letter from an American farmer is one of the early works of American literature. The writer Craif Cole discusses other issues as well as the culture and customs of the Indian tribes. Taking the historical background of the time into account, we can see that the author’s opinion of the Indians actually reflects the prevailing European central consciousness at the time, and that this work also contributed to the White European invasion of Indian lands during the colonial period and to the Indian tribes The massacre provides a generous excuse.