Answer:
While I'm no expert in social studies I can conclude that they were using a figure of speech. I believe they meant his way of thinking was out of the ordinary, taboo, or strange.
Answer:
It is called a Reliquary.
Explanation:
Reliquary is used to refer to a container for holy relics. Saint Foy or Saint Faith was a young woman who was arrested during persecution of Christians; her legend says she refused to make pagan sacrifices even under torture by the Roman Empire. Her reliquary is very precious, a 33-½ inch wooden statue covered in gold and gemstones which keeps her skull.
To maintain good relations between British and Native Americans
They were first used as evidence in 1892.