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Essay / Thomas Morton Analysis of New England Native Americans
Many colonists viewed the Native Americans as spawn of the devil. In the writings of Thomas Morton, he said: “If we do not judge these savages ill as witches,…there can be no doubt that they have some correspondence with the Devil. » (Foner 5) An example of historical content is the Metacom War of 1675. The Indians of southern New England did not like that the new settlers advocated a new religion and harsh treatment. Some Indians “converted to Christianity, living in protected “prayer towns.” » (Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, May and Ruiz 68). The Indians agreed to the terms until “a white man shot and wounded a Native American.” (Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, May, and Ruiz 69) The settlers even became suspicious of Indians willing to convert to Christianity and moved their "prayer towns" to "Deer Island in Boston Harbor" (Jones , Wood, Borstelmann, May and Ruiz 69). , and Ruiz 69) This historical content shows that the settler did not really trust the Indians even when they were of the same religion, as Morton's writing said "they have with the Devil beyond all doubt" (Foner