noble savage

Noble savage basically to me means a natural person,one who lives off wildlife to eat,for clothes and for various neccesities,basically one who is able to survive off the land and is able to use all of nature to their advantage.Savage seems like a harsh word to use for someone who lives off the land,so I looked it up and it means not domesticated or cultivated.When I think of savage I think of a wild man/women who goes around destroying,having no respect for anyone else,and killing for what he/she wants.This in no way describes what a noble savage means,or what I think about when I think of Indians.Indians where, as described in the definition, a people living off of what was provided to them,not a wild ,bunch of people running around destroying everything in their path,which is where society has steared us wrong to believe.