Our Ancestor here in America knew to have one wife ( Veiw of the Hebrews)

A chief of the Del aware Indians far in the west, visited by Messrs. Dodge and Blight, Jan. 1824, from the Union Mission, gave the following information to these missionaries. The chief wa s said by these missionari es “to be a grave and venerable character, possessing a mind which (if cultivated) would render him probably not inferior to some of the first statesman of our country.” On being inqu ired of by them whether he believed in the existence of a Supreme Being? he replied; “Long ago, before ever a white man stepped his foot in America, the Delaware knew there was one God; and believed there was a hell, where bad folk s would go when they die; and a heaven, where good folks would go.” He went on to state (these missionaries inform) that “he believed ther e was a devil, and he was afraid of him. These things (he said) he knew were handed down by his ancestors long before William Penn arrived in Pennsyl vania. He said, he also knew it to be wr ong if a poor man came to his door hungry and naked, to turn him away empty. For he believed God loved the poorest of men better than he did proud rich men. Lon g time ago, (he added) it was a good custom among his people to take but one wife, and that for life. But now they had become so foolish, and so wick ed, that they wou ld tak e a number of wives at a time; and turn them away at pleasure!”