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- # CHAPTER XXVI. CONTAINING THE METAPHYSICS OF INDIAN-HATING, ACCORDING TO THE VIEWS OF ONE EVIDENTLY NOT SO PREPOSSESSED AS ROUSSEAU IN FAVOR OF SAVAGES.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [THE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE.](arke:01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA) by Herman Melville. It was extracted from the text file [the_confidence_man.txt](arke:01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4) and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter discusses the metaphysics of Indian-hating from a perspective that contrasts with Rousseau's favorable view of savages.
## Context
This chapter is positioned between [CHAPTER XXV. THE COSMOPOLITAN MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE.](arke:01KG8AJM4RF74GVGJCY90CXES0) and [CHAPTER XXVII. SOME ACCOUNT OF A MAN OF QUESTIONABLE MORALITY, BUT WHO, NEVERTHELESS, WOULD SEEM ENTITLED TO THE ESTEEM OF THAT EMINENT ENGLISH MORALIST WHO SAID HE LIKED A GOOD HATER.](arke:01KG8AJM4YHSXFH86FXQKACGRA) within the novel.
## Contents
The chapter presents a discourse on the backwoodsman's perspective on Native Americans, particularly the phenomenon of "Indian-hating." It contains the views of a character referred to as "the judge," who explains the backwoodsman's inherent distrust and antipathy towards Native Americans, rooted in historical narratives of Indian treachery and violence. The chapter delves into the backwoodsman's upbringing, which instills a deep-seated aversion to Indians, and explores the concept of the "Indian-hater _par excellence_," portraying him as a figure consumed by vengeance and isolated in his pursuit. The chapter is divided into seven chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKE1S41RDRB2CQRZPZH2S), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKE21422MXM65KWB92NK1), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AKE27GT1QHKFH05RJ0XSF), [Chunk 4](arke:01KG8AK7Z886GWF9T9Y7PGQPD6), [Chunk 5](arke:01KG8AK7Z86J51FJZBNBHJCX4S), [Chunk 6](arke:01KG8AK7Z8Y151MQDJ60ZBFVXD), and [Chunk 7](arke:01KG8AK7Z80N3PY21PC6NNM629).
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