not unknown inmodern religious cults. Having no real monotheistic conceptions the Indiansupplicated such local superstitions as his fancy feared or hoped to bribe.Brinton4 gives an Algonkin5 prayer overhead by the Jesuit Brebocuf, anteriorto 1636: Oki, thou who dwellest in this spot, I offer thee… … Jjr 3k >f IAMN1 R STONBS. The Indian gave tobacco in exchange for that which he thought that theinvisible could yield to or deny him. And yet is not this even a higher stand-ard than that of some of our modern sagamores of trade who seek to bribe thedemiurge of legislation for power to prey upon…
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