[TheRealThing]

I am going to open a thread in Religion section. Suffice it to say that Roger Williams, alone in the wilderness, exiled to his death but for the kindness of "the savages," had ample time to consider the meaning of freedom of conscience and its protection within a society.

You knew Williams initially dealt with the Indians by choice I take it? His God given ability to learn new languages enabled him to become fluid in several Indian tongues and customs. Williams was an activist though, and brazenly pushed his luck by publishing a critical tract about King James, and was after several unenforced sentences finally visited by the Sheriff for arrest. Williams had already left his home however, and wound up in a self imposed exile (although he had actually been banished by the court) which lasted for only three months with the Wampanoag tribe.

So, the only time Williams was alone in the wilderness, was during his trip from his home in Salem, to Raynham, Massachusetts, the location of the Wampanoag Indian Village. About 50 miles.