The Carolina Algonquian Relationship With The English

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The Carolina Algonquians developed a relationship with the English, thinking they were superior and all mighty. Their ‘shiny objects’ attracted the attention of many Algonquins, and the English assumed they would naturally want to submit and convert to the superior religion. The Algonquians religions was believed to be inferior to the English, their God and beliefs were drastically different. Whereas the English praised only certain people, the Indians were polytheistic, believing in many Gods. Woman was created first, and one chief god existed from forever, the rest were considered “of different sorts and degrees.” “Petty gods” were believed to be the sun, moon, and stars.Despite the ‘superior’ methods of the English, knowing nothing of the
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