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How Did Roger Williams Want To Communicate With Natives

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Roger Williams used different keys in order to communicate with the native Indians. This key respects the native language of it, and happily may unlock some rarities concerning the natives themselves, not yet discovered (Williams 103). When he approached to the Native Indians, he had an agenda, which contained four main points that he wanted to cover during his visit (Williams 104). First, he wanted to understand the Native Indian’s names. He realized that the English gave those names like natives, salvages, Indians, wild men, pagans, barbarians, among others. Then he studied their names, which they gave themselves, understanding the reason why they call themselves Indians, is because of in opposition to English (Williams 104). The second
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