As salmon vanish in the dry Pacific Northwest, so does Native heritage ... naming ceremonies, weddings, funerals, memorials to the dead. ... You take the dams out, and within a few years, salmon come back.” ... Darryl Fears Darryl Fears is a reporter on the national staff who covers the Interior Department.
The first time Eliot attempted to preach to Indians he failed and said that they, "gave no heed unto it, but were weary and despised what I said."
The second time he preached to the Indians was at the wigwam of Waban near Watertown Mill which was later called Nonantum, now Newton, MA.
John Eliot brought the Indians an understanding of Christianity but also an understanding of written language.
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The first run through Eliot endeavored to lecture Indians in 1646 at Dorchester Mills, he fizzled and said that they, "gave no notice unto it, however were exhausted and detested what I said."
The second time he lectured the Indians was at the wigwam of Waban close to Watertown Mill which was later called Nonantum, presently Newton, MA. John Eliot was not the principal Puritan evangelist to attempt to change over the Indians to Christianity yet he was the first to create printed distributions for the Algonquian Indians in their own language.
John Eliot brought the Indians a comprehension of Christianity yet additionally a comprehension of composed language. They didn't have a proportional stated "letters in order" of their own and depended fundamentally on communicated in language and pictorial language.
