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and their idolatry would be quite forgotten, and 

 in all probability, a better worship come in its 

 stead ; for were the Jews engrafted thus, and ali- 

 enated from the worship and conversation of Jews, 

 their abominations would vanish, and be no more. 



Thus we should be let into a better understand- 

 ing of the Indian tongue, by our new converts ; 

 and the whole body of these people would arrive 

 to the knowledge of our religion and customs, and 

 become as one people with us. By this method, 

 also, we should have a true knowledge of all the 

 Indian's skill in medicine and surgery ; they would 

 inform us of the situation of our rivers, lakes, and 

 tracts of land in the Lord's dominions, where, by 

 their assistance, greater discoveries may be made 

 than has been hitherto found out, and by their ac- 

 companying us in our expeditions, we might civ- 

 ilize a great many other nations of the savages, 

 and daily add to our strength in trade, and inter- 

 est ; so that we might be sufficiently enabled to 

 conquer, or maintain our ground, against all the 

 enemies to the crown of England in America, 

 both Christian and savage. 



What children we have of theirs to learn trades, 

 &c., ought to be put into those hands that are men 

 of the best lives and characters, and that are not 

 only strict observers of their religion, but also of 

 a. mild, winning, and sweet disposition, that these 

 Indian parents may often go and see how well 

 their children are dealt with, which would much 

 win them to our ways of living, mildness being a 



