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The Praying Indians of Natick were a community of Indigenous Christian converts, known as Praying Indians, in the town of Natick, Massachusetts, one of many Praying Towns. They were also known as Natick Indians. Natick was founded by John Eliot (1604 – 1690), an English-born Puritan missionary active in Massachusetts. He learned the Massachusett language, preached to regional tribes in this lingua franca, and translated the Bible into that language.

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  • The Praying Indians of Natick were a community of Indigenous Christian converts, known as Praying Indians, in the town of Natick, Massachusetts, one of many Praying Towns. They were also known as Natick Indians. Natick was founded by John Eliot (1604 – 1690), an English-born Puritan missionary active in Massachusetts. He learned the Massachusett language, preached to regional tribes in this lingua franca, and translated the Bible into that language. The community was in southern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at the time. Its name is typically translated to "A Place of Hills." Eliot and the Praying Indians first settled this planned community in 1651. (en)
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  • The Praying Indians of Natick were a community of Indigenous Christian converts, known as Praying Indians, in the town of Natick, Massachusetts, one of many Praying Towns. They were also known as Natick Indians. Natick was founded by John Eliot (1604 – 1690), an English-born Puritan missionary active in Massachusetts. He learned the Massachusett language, preached to regional tribes in this lingua franca, and translated the Bible into that language. (en)
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