Primary Source Analysis/Indians in School Textbook

Today, I went to an 1887 archive of a history book and read about the claims of different countries and the lives of Indians. Below are the definitions that I looked up on google of "savage" and "savagery."

 Savages: (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

              (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized.
              (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.
Savagery:

1. 1. the quality of being fierce or cruel.
2.      2.(chiefly in historical or literary contexts) the condition of being primitive or uncivilized.
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4. If I was an American student reading this book for schoolwork I would look at the Indians as more of animals than people, because the text describes Indians as "unknown" and doesn't really specify that they all are individuals and rather describes them all as, "tall, straight," and as, "Red Men." The description of the Indians is really harsh and doesn't shed a very positive light on the Indians as it says that, "These men of the woods are very revengeful (...) War they thought, was the most honorable employment." If I was an American student reading this for the first time and not knowing what Indians were or seeing pictures of them, I would think they belonged among the animals and secluded in the woods, and I would come to think that they wouldn't be able to integrate into the civilizations of the white settlers.