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I noticed that Cowesett Indian was sentenced by the Court to have his "haire cut round close of from his head". I didn't understand this and wanted to clarify. Was this a sort of public shaming based on social codes regarding hair? Were there any rules at this time relating to the types of punishments these courts could administer? -Adam Shlossman | I noticed that Cowesett Indian was sentenced by the Court to have his "haire cut round close of from his head". I didn't understand this and wanted to clarify. Was this a sort of public shaming based on social codes regarding hair? Were there any rules at this time relating to the types of punishments these courts could administer? -Adam Shlossman | ||
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| + | Williams states that the Native Americans are heathens and they dress with a "two-fold nakednesse" like "their and our first Parents." Is this to say that he believes that they share the same ancestry, meaning Adam and Eve? And if so, how can it be that he believes some are created lesser than other when they share the same ancestry? I also think it is an interesting aside that he likens their polytheistic religion to the Catholic Saints, which gives the Native American a more human-like comparison. -- Taja L. Winston | ||
== John Dane's Memoir == | == John Dane's Memoir == | ||
