. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . e shrewd-ness and debased superstition, of careful obser-vation of the properties of roots and herbs, andof the principles of elementary surgery. At oncerevered and hated, he was the spectacular figurewhen, in the wigwam of sickness or death, heexorcised evil spirits by incantations, or at thecouncil of war read signs in the clouds, in the pass-ing wind, or upon the surface of the stream. Hisit was to drive away death and to bring peace tothe tribe, and to prepare the warriors journeyadown the shining path of the Milky Wa
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . e shrewd-ness and debased superstition, of careful obser-vation of the properties of roots and herbs, andof the principles of elementary surgery. At oncerevered and hated, he was the spectacular figurewhen, in the wigwam of sickness or death, heexorcised evil spirits by incantations, or at thecouncil of war read signs in the clouds, in the pass-ing wind, or upon the surface of the stream. Hisit was to drive away death and to bring peace tothe tribe, and to prepare the warriors journeyadown the shining path of the Milky Way thatled to the blessed land beyond. As to a belief in a future state, it is beyond ques-tion that the Lenni-Lenape had a concept of lifeafter death with a somewhat mercantile system ofrewards and punishments. It is quite unneces-sary to say that this after-death existence was inan indefinite region where physical wants andneeds were immediately gratified. It was withdifficulty that the Indian grasped the theologicalidea of Heaven, or in fact any essential element of. 62 NEW JERSEY AS A COL the Christian religion. To them a Christ was wellnigh impossible, a redemption of the human raceunnecessary. Lacking the mental capacity to un-derstand so altruistic a faith, they were the moreconfused by the contentions of religious associa-tions and the apparent complicated machinerynecessary to sustain them. For this reason, possi-bly, the Society of Friends, with their lack of out-ward formalism in establishing and maintainingmeeting houses, and the evident spirit of justicein their dealings with the Indians, made morepermanent progress with the Lenni-Lenap^ thanother denominations. But even such progress waslargely of a negative character and lacked truepermanency. It is known that the Indian venerated fire andlight. Isolated instances of orientation, such asinterments in certain burial mounds and in theconstruction of their wigwams, seem to prove theassertion. There was a recognition
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