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When I looked at the conduct of the whites who were called Christians, and saw them drunk, quarreling, and fighting, cheating the poor Indians, and acting as if there was no God, I was led to think there could be no truth in the white man's religion, and felt inclined to fall back again to my old superstitions.

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

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Born: January 1, 1802

Died: June 29, 1856 (aged 54)

Bio: Peter Jones was an Ojibwa Methodist minister, translator, chief and author from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby, which means " Waving Feathers".

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