▁their ▁own ▁and ▁other ▁tribes ▁before ▁and ▁after ▁Europe ans ▁arrived , ▁continu ing ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ; ▁ens la ved ▁people ▁might ▁or ▁might ▁not ▁be ▁adopted ▁eventually , ▁especially ▁if ▁ens la ved ▁as ▁children ; ▁and ▁the ▁ens lav ement ▁might ▁or ▁might ▁not ▁be ▁her edit ary . ▁▁ ▁Ens la ved ▁people ▁included ▁capt ives ▁from ▁wars ▁and ▁slave ▁ra ids ; ▁capt ives ▁bar tered ▁from ▁other ▁tribes , ▁sometimes ▁at ▁great ▁distances ; ▁children ▁sold ▁by ▁their ▁parents ▁during ▁fam ines ; ▁and ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁who ▁st aked ▁themselves ▁in ▁g amb ling ▁when ▁they ▁had ▁nothing ▁else , ▁which ▁put ▁them ▁into ▁serv itude ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁for ▁life . ▁ ▁Native ▁Americans ▁also ▁captured ▁and ▁ens la ved ▁some ▁early ▁European ▁expl or ers ▁and ▁colon ists , ▁and ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁themselves ▁by ▁the ▁colon ists , ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁Spanish ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 0 s . ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁by ▁Spanish ▁in ▁Florida ▁under ▁the ▁en com i enda ▁system . ▁ ▁New ▁England ▁and ▁the ▁Carol inas ▁captured ▁Native ▁Americans ▁in ▁wars ▁and ▁distributed ▁them ▁as ▁slaves . ▁ ▁Lar ger ▁soci eties ▁struct ured ▁as ▁chief dom s ▁kept ▁slaves ▁as ▁un pa id ▁field ▁labor ers , ▁while ▁in ▁band ▁soci eties ▁the ▁ownership ▁of ▁ens la ved ▁capt ives ▁att ested ▁to ▁their ▁capt or ' s ▁military ▁pro w ess . ▁Some ▁war ▁capt