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John Heckewelder’s story tells about the Europeans arriving in a remarkably large ship that the Native Americans had never seen before. The curious ship along with a small canoe came to the shore. The Native Americans watched eagerly at a male person dressed in all red and other human beings with white skin coming on shore. They assumed this man was the Great or Supreme Being named Mannitto. The two parties met aground and exchanged greetings. The Europeans served up alcohol as an offering to the Native Americans. The Natives didn’t know what liquor was, therefore, they just smelled it and decided they would not take a drink. However one brave, great warrior of the Natives thought it would be offensive not to take a drink and finished up the
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