a) What does Morton admire in the lives of Native Americans, and what does he condemn? b) Why does he write that the Indians lead a "freer life than Europeans"? Voices of Freedomtheir pleasure; and that their posterity was full of evil, and made Godso angry that he let in the Sea upon them, and drowned the greatestpart of them, that were naughty men, (the Lord destroyed so).... Theother, (which were not destroyed,) increased the world, and whenthey died (because they were good) went to the house of Kytan [thesupreme good Spirit or God], pointing to the setting of the sun....That the Savages Live a Contended LifeA gentleman and a traveler, that had been in the parts of NewEngland for a time, when he returned again, in his discourse of theCountry, wondered, (as he said,) that the natives of the land lived sopoorly in so rich a Country, like to our Beggars in England. Surelythat Gentleman had not time or leisure while he was there truly toinform himself of the state of that Country, and the happy life theSavages would lead were they once brought to Christianity.I must confess they want the use and benefit of Navigation, (whichis the very sinews of a flourishing Commonwealth,) yet are theysupplied with all manner of needful things for the maintenance oflife and livelihood.... I must needs commend them in this particu-lar, that, though they buy many commodities of our nation, yet theykeep but few, and those of special use. They love not to be cumberedwith many utensils, and although every proprietor knows his own,yet all things, (so long as they will last), are used in common amongstthem.... According to humane reason, guided only by the light ofnature, these people lead the more happy and freer life, being void ofcare, which torments the rainds of so many Christians: They are notdelighted in baubles, but in useful things.Questions 4Voices of Freedom2. Thomas Morton, The Native Americansof New England (1637)Source: Thomas Morton, New English Canaan... (1637), reprinted in OldSouth Leaflets (Boston, 1883), vol. 4."LAmong the first English settlers to write a description of the Indians of NewEngland was Thomas Morton, an early leader of a community at MountWollaston (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts, founded in 1625. In NewEngland Canaan, published in 1637, Wollaston described Indian life as wellas the natural environment of the area, and offered a running commentaryon nearby settler communities, many of which condemned Mount Wollas-ton as a place of drunkenness and debauchery. Nonetheless, Morton'saccount of Native Americans was widely influential. Morton presented acareful account of the Indians' homes, trade relations, society, and religion,freely offering his own judgments about them. He condemned some aspectsof Indian life, claiming that their religious beliefs amounted todevil-worship, but admired their generosity and the fact that unlike Euro-peans they were not obsessed with acquiring "superfluous commodities."OF THEIR HOUSES AND HABITATIONS.The Natives of New England are accustomed to build them housesmuch like the wild Irish; they gather poles in the woods and put thegreat end of them in the ground, placing them in form of a circle orcircumference, and, bending the tops of them in form of an Arch,they bind them together with the bark of Walnut trees, which is won-drous tough, so that they make the same round on the top for thesmoke of their fire to ascend and pass through;... The fire is alwaysmade in the midst of the house,... yet some times they fell a tree thatgroweth near the house, and, by drawing in the end thereof, maintainthe fire on both sides, burning the tree by degrees shorter and shorter,until it be all consumed; for it burneth night and day. Their lodging ismade in three places of the house about the fire; they lie upon planks,commonly about a foot or 18 inches above the ground, raised uponA New World5rails that are borne up upon forks; they lay mats under them, andcoats of deer skins, otters, beavers, racoons, and of bears' hides, allwhich they have dressed and converted into good leather,... and inthis manner they lie as warm as they desire.... If any one that shallcome into their houses and there fall asleep, when they see him dis-posed to lie down, they will spread a mat for him of their own accord,and lay a roll of skins...and let him lie. If he sleep until their meat bedished up, they will set a wooden bowl of meat by him that sleepeth,and wake him saying,...if you be hungry, there is meat for you,where if you will eat you may. Such is their humanity....Of Their Petty Conjuring TricksIf we do not judge amiss of these savages in accounting themwitches,...some correspondence they have with the Devil out of alldoubt. Papasiquineo [a Native American leader]... hath advanced hishonor in his feats or juggling tricks (as I may right term them) to theadmiration of the spectators, whom he endeavored to persuade thathe would go under water to the further side of a river, too broad forany man to undertake with a breath, which thing he performed byswimming over.... Likewise... in the heat of all summer to make iceappear in a bowl of fair water; first, having the water set before him,..he hath begun his incantation according to their usual custom, andbefore the same has been ended a thick cloud has darkened the airand, on a sudden, a thunder clap hath been heard that has amazed thenatives; in an instant he hath showed a firm piece of ice to float in themidst of the bowl in the presence of the vulgar people, which doubt-less was done by the agility of Satan, his consort....Of Their Acknowlegement of the Creation, and the Immortality ofthe SoulAlthough these savages are found to be without Religion, Law, andKing... yet are they not altogether without the knowledge of God(historically); for they have it amongst them by tradition that Godmade one man and one woman, and bade them live together and getchildren, kill deer, beasts, birds, fish and fowl, and what they would at

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a) What does Morton admire in the lives of Native Americans, and what does he condemn?      b) Why does he write that the Indians lead a &#34;freer life than Europeans&#34;? Voices of Freedomtheir pleasure; and that their posterity was full of evil, and made Godso angry that he let in the Sea upon them, and drowned the greatestpart of them, that were naughty men, (the Lord destroyed so).... Theother, (which were not destroyed,) increased the world, and whenthey died (because they were good) went to the house of Kytan [thesupreme good Spirit or God], pointing to the setting of the sun....That the Savages Live a Contended LifeA gentleman and a traveler, that had been in the parts of NewEngland for a time, when he returned again, in his discourse of theCountry, wondered, (as he said,) that the natives of the land lived sopoorly in so rich a Country, like to our Beggars in England. Surelythat Gentleman had not time or leisure while he was there truly toinform himself of the state of that Country, and the happy life theSavages would lead were they once brought to Christianity.I must confess they want the use and benefit of Navigation, (whichis the very sinews of a flourishing Commonwealth,) yet are theysupplied with all manner of needful things for the maintenance oflife and livelihood.... I must needs commend them in this particu-lar, that, though they buy many commodities of our nation, yet theykeep but few, and those of special use. They love not to be cumberedwith many utensils, and although every proprietor knows his own,yet all things, (so long as they will last), are used in common amongstthem.... According to humane reason, guided only by the light ofnature, these people lead the more happy and freer life, being void ofcare, which torments the rainds of so many Christians: They are notdelighted in baubles, but in useful things.Questions 4Voices of Freedom2. Thomas Morton, The Native Americansof New England (1637)Source: Thomas Morton, New English Canaan... (1637), reprinted in OldSouth Leaflets (Boston, 1883), vol. 4.&#34;LAmong the first English settlers to write a description of the Indians of NewEngland was Thomas Morton, an early leader of a community at MountWollaston (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts, founded in 1625. In NewEngland Canaan, published in 1637, Wollaston described Indian life as wellas the natural environment of the area, and offered a running commentaryon nearby settler communities, many of which condemned Mount Wollas-ton as a place of drunkenness and debauchery. Nonetheless, Morton'saccount of Native Americans was widely influential. Morton presented acareful account of the Indians' homes, trade relations, society, and religion,freely offering his own judgments about them. He condemned some aspectsof Indian life, claiming that their religious beliefs amounted todevil-worship, but admired their generosity and the fact that unlike Euro-peans they were not obsessed with acquiring &#34;superfluous commodities.&#34;OF THEIR HOUSES AND HABITATIONS.The Natives of New England are accustomed to build them housesmuch like the wild Irish; they gather poles in the woods and put thegreat end of them in the ground, placing them in form of a circle orcircumference, and, bending the tops of them in form of an Arch,they bind them together with the bark of Walnut trees, which is won-drous tough, so that they make the same round on the top for thesmoke of their fire to ascend and pass through;... The fire is alwaysmade in the midst of the house,... yet some times they fell a tree thatgroweth near the house, and, by drawing in the end thereof, maintainthe fire on both sides, burning the tree by degrees shorter and shorter,until it be all consumed; for it burneth night and day. Their lodging ismade in three places of the house about the fire; they lie upon planks,commonly about a foot or 18 inches above the ground, raised uponA New World5rails that are borne up upon forks; they lay mats under them, andcoats of deer skins, otters, beavers, racoons, and of bears' hides, allwhich they have dressed and converted into good leather,... and inthis manner they lie as warm as they desire.... If any one that shallcome into their houses and there fall asleep, when they see him dis-posed to lie down, they will spread a mat for him of their own accord,and lay a roll of skins...and let him lie. If he sleep until their meat bedished up, they will set a wooden bowl of meat by him that sleepeth,and wake him saying,...if you be hungry, there is meat for you,where if you will eat you may. Such is their humanity....Of Their Petty Conjuring TricksIf we do not judge amiss of these savages in accounting themwitches,...some correspondence they have with the Devil out of alldoubt. Papasiquineo [a Native American leader]... hath advanced hishonor in his feats or juggling tricks (as I may right term them) to theadmiration of the spectators, whom he endeavored to persuade thathe would go under water to the further side of a river, too broad forany man to undertake with a breath, which thing he performed byswimming over.... Likewise... in the heat of all summer to make iceappear in a bowl of fair water; first, having the water set before him,..he hath begun his incantation according to their usual custom, andbefore the same has been ended a thick cloud has darkened the airand, on a sudden, a thunder clap hath been heard that has amazed thenatives; in an instant he hath showed a firm piece of ice to float in themidst of the bowl in the presence of the vulgar people, which doubt-less was done by the agility of Satan, his consort....Of Their Acknowlegement of the Creation, and the Immortality ofthe SoulAlthough these savages are found to be without Religion, Law, andKing... yet are they not altogether without the knowledge of God(historically); for they have it amongst them by tradition that Godmade one man and one woman, and bade them live together and getchildren, kill deer, beasts, birds, fish and fowl, and what they would at

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Thomas Morton was a colonist in the American colony of Marymount. He was the first English settler…