The way native americans used to speak english

[Adeodatusax]

Hi,

I'd like to know how native americans used to speak english in the 19th century (before they could actually speak it as nowadays). Correct if me if I'm wrong but on tv for example they are often portrayed saying things like "Indian likes this" or "Me likes this", "White Man makes war" and so on........I mean, I'm not interested in how they really spoke but more in how they are portrayed speaking. For example is it "White man make war" or "White man makes war" ? or did they refer to americans as "white man" at all ?

If you know of any good links that can answer my question, please don't hesitate to say.

Thank you

[Mister Micawber]

Like any learners of a foreign language, native Americans made grammar, structure and vocabulary mistakes, incorporated some of their own language into their English utterances, etc. What you hear on TV is merely a suggestion of some of these non-standard utterances. I doubt that anything other than very fragmentary records exist.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's