The dead animal carcass's and the human ashes and body/bones cause the river to be polluted. CAUSES BAD POLLUTION
They could use these animals to carry their supplies. They helped carry wounded soliders around as well
Emile Durkheim argued that the sacred is simply a symbol of the society, linked religion with society as a "mirror" of the society; authored the book “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life”.
Sigmund Freud was an atheist who viewed religion as an "outward manifestation of basic psychological causes," and considered religion to be: an illusion, a form of "wish fulfillment", and a projection of neuroses.
Sigmund Freud also authored several books exploring the nature of religion, including “Totem and Taboo”, saw God or "the Holy" as the reality that stands beyond and behind what we call "religion," identified this "HOLY" as numinous and the "mysterium tremendum fascinans".
Rudolf Otto authored the book “The Idea of the Holy” and considered awareness of the sacred to be at the heart of the human religious experience.
Mircea Eliade authored the book “The Sacred and the Profane”.
The climate and soil of the Middle Colonies were very good for farming. Many farmers grew more than they needed for their families. They sold extra grain and livestock in the cities. Farmers used the long, wide rivers to ship their goods to Philadelphia and New York.
“Insure domestic tranquillity “
“Secure the blessings of liberty “
“Establish justice “
“Provide for the common defence “