Quote by Charles Eastman

The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar.

The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness

Summary

This quote highlights the perspective of indigenous people who were encountered by missionaries from another culture. It expresses how these missionaries, while trying to spread their own beliefs, saw the native population's religious practices as primitive and demonic. The quote reveals the clash and cultural bias between the two groups, with the indigenous people being labeled as pagans and devil-worshipers. The missionaries demanded that the native population abandon their own beliefs in order to adopt the missionaries' faith, emphasizing the strict and narrow-minded approach taken by the missionaries to convert others to their way of thinking.

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