Rumors of Native American savagery abounded among western se…

Rumors of Native American savagery abounded among western settlers during the height of the Overland Trails; however, Native Americans also spread false rumors about the savagery of whites. The Piute Tribe believed whites to be vicious cannibals and took desperate steps to avoid them. When [BLANK-1]’s mother heard that whites were in the region, she buried her two children in a hole in the ground for several days and covered the hole with bushes to hide them (providing only a small opening for the children to breathe). The mother also scarred the face of this person’s sister with a knife so she would be unappealing to white men, whom the mother believed would rape her.