Most of the time, White's watercolor paintings definitely did not portray calmness because his paintings often portrayed Native Americans at war, hunting, or partaking in sacrifice. They definitely documented the lives of Woodland peoples...he acted as an artist mapmaker, documenting the Native American culture surrounding him. Though some of his pieces did portray European culture, they were vastly outnumbered by those portraying Native American culture.
The answer is, therefore, "They documented the lives of Woodland peoples"
Today's ballet dancers will know many of the names of the steps, but the style of performing the steps today is different from the Baroque era, for example, in classical ballet the emphasis is up (high on the toes), while the Baroque style is more rooted to the ground (the heels just off the floor). so the baroque period was more natural and relaxed