3Dec 2015
The White Sachem: The Conversion of the Cape Cod Indians, and the Founding of Mashpee
By Garrett Gowen Missionary activity in the American colonies during the seventeenth century was mainly an exercise of imperialism; the native savages had to be civilized by converting from pagan mysticism to the religion of the West: Christianity. However, when looking at Christian missionaries in the colonies, there is at [...]
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