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The triumphs of the reformed religion, in America. The life of the renowned John…
The triumphs of the reformed religion, in America. The life of the renowned John Eliot; a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian, and an excellent Minister, among the English, but also, as a memorable evangelist among the Indians, of New-England; with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel, in those parts of the world, which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines from Luke]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Their way of living, is infinitely Barbarous: the men are most abominably slothful; making their poor Squaws, or wives, to plant, and dress, and barn, and beat there Corn, and Build their, Wig wams for them; which perhaps may be the reason of their extraordinary ease in Childbirth. In the mean time, their chief employment, when they I condescend unto any, is that of Hunting; wherein they'• go out some scores, if not Hundreds of them in a company, driving all before them.
Their way of living, is infinitely Barbarous: the men are most abominably sl•athful; making their poor Sqaws, or wives, to plant, and dress, and barn, and beat there Corn, and Build their, Wig wams for them; which perhaps may be the reason of their extraordinary ease in Childbirth. In the mean time, their chief employment, when they I condescend unto any, is that of Hunting; wherein they'• go out some scores, if not Hundreds of them in a company, driving all before them.
They continue in a place, till they have burnt, up all the Wood thereabouts, and then▪ they, pluck up Stakes; to follow the Wood, which they cannot fetch home unto themselves; hence when ⟨p. 81⟩they enquire about the English, Why come they hither! they have themselves very Learnedly determined the case, I was because we wanted Fitting. No Acts are understood among them, unless just so far as to maintain their Brutish Conversation, which is little more than is to be found among the very Beavers upon our Streams.
They contnue in a place, till they have burnt, up all the Wood thereabouts, and then▪ they, pluck up Stakes; to follow the Wood, which they cannot fetch home unto themselves; hence when ⟨p. 81⟩