Well, he saw they had things that they had such as corn and gold which the Europeans didn't have so that gave him the impression he landed in Asia
Answer:
White men
Explanation:
The speaker was more concerned about the white men because he thought that the purpose and the so-called burden of the white men is to conquer and educate the undeveloped people and help them build a civilization. A very racist concept that on the surface looks like it aims to help the natives but actually in the end it never happened that way.
Blaine Rawlings was going to lose his family ranch. This would have left him homeless and destitute.