While reading this passage I could tell that the chief was very nice in his delivery in asking the man to leave. I felt he had honestly listened to the missionary as he probably did the many before him. It seamed like everything the white man told his people was a lie or ended badly. Now this missionary was telling him, “All your lives have been in great errors and darkness.” Who was this man to tell the chief not only was he wrong to believe in what was passed down through generations to him, but if he didn’t follow the teachings passed down generations to the missionary he would “not be happy hereafter.” The chief felt he was happy, just as his forefathers were and his children now. He explained to the missionary that his people will continue to follow the teaching they have been and will “Be grateful for all the favors we receive, to love one another, and to be united."
I believe religion teachings boil down to what the chief was saying. We need to be grateful for all the favors we receive, to love one another, and to be united.
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