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Smart move
Its smart to work things out in your sandbox first, like what you are doing. You just need more practice. Have fun....--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:16, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Use of the Algonquin Language
The chief barrier to preaching to the natives was language. Sign language and pidgin English were used for trade but could not be used to convey a sermon. John Eliot began to study Algonquin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin (or Algonquian) which was the language of the local Indians. To help him with this task, Eliot relied on a young native Indian named "Cockenoe".https://archive.org/details/johneliotsfirsti00took. Cockenoe had been captured in the Pequot War www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htmlof 1637 and became a servant of an Englishman named Richard Collicott https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0806303786 of Dorchester, Massachusetts. John Eliot said, "he was the first that I made use of to each me words, and to be my interpreter." Cockenoe could not write but he could speak Algonquin and English. With his help, Eliot was able to translate the 10 Commandmentsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments, the Lord's Prayeren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Prayer and other scriptures and prayers.

The first time Eliot tried to preach to the Indians in 1646 at Dorchester Mills, he failed and said that they, "gave no heed unto it, but were weary and despised what I said." The second time he preached to the Indians was at the wigwam of Waban en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waban,_Massachusettsnear Watertown Millen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts which was later called Nonantum, now Newton, MA. John Eliot was not the first Puritan missionary to try to convert the Indians to Christianity but he was the first to produce printed publications for the natives in their own language. This was important because the settlements of "praying indians" could be provided with other preachers and teachers to continue the work John Eliot started. . By translating sermons to the Algonquin language, John Eliot brought the Indians an understanding of Christianity but also an understanding of written language. They did not have an equivalent written “alphabet” of their own and relied mainly on spoken language and pictorial language. ..

Roxbury and Dorchester, Massachusetts There are many connections between the towns of Roxbury and Dorchester and John Eliot. After working for a short time as pastor in Boston as the temporary replacement for Mr. John Wilson at Boston's first church society, John Eliot settled in Roxbury with other Puritans from Essex, England. He was the teacher of their church for sixty years and was their sole pastor for forty years. For the first forty years in Roxbury, Eliot preached in the 20' by 30 'foot meetinghouse with thatched roof and plastered walls that stood on Meetinghouse Hill. Eliot founded the Roxbury Grammar School and he worked hard to keep it prosperous and relevant. .Eliot also preached at times in the Dorchester church, he was given land by Dorchester for use in his missionary efforts. And in 1649 he gave half of a donation he received from a man in London to the schoolmaster of Dorchester.