When they first rode through this land, Jamie nodded when he heard it was Cherokee territory, sympathetic to their fight. “So no matter where we settle we’ll have the same problem.” Whether he likes it or not, Jamie is buying into the English mind-set. “From what you’ve told me, there are Indians all over these lands,” he says. And the Jamie who refused to buy the governor’s opinion of “savages” is the same Jamie who refuses to move when Claire suggests they build further from the shared border. They’re understandably unhappy about the Frasers moving onto their ancestral lands. Jamie’s reply, as he stares the governor down: “Savagery can exist in many forms, Your Excellency.” It’s a beat of Jamie at his best: a natural leader, keenly aware of injustice, and determined to speak truth to power.īut his early days with Claire and Ian on the homestead are punctuated by warning visits from the Cherokee. In this week’s episode, it is drawn by the governor as he gifts Jamie 10,000 acres of His Majesty’s land - and warns him about the welcome he can expect. “Outlander” has several times drawn parallels between the Scottish Highlanders, who fought English occupation of their land, and Native Americans, who are fighting occupation by the English and other newly-minted Americans.

“It’s said the Highlander has much in common with the Indian savage.

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