GLOSSARY
aboriginal
the first or earliest known
people in a region
bartering
exchanging one thing for
another without using money
decimated
destroyed a large part of
evangelism
the practice of influencing
people to accept the beliefs
of Christianity
immunity
resistance to disease
Jesuit
a group of priests of the Roman
Catholic Society of Jesus
missionaries
religious people who travel to
distant places to spread their
religious beliefs
pelts
animal skins with or without the
hair, wool, or fur attached
scurvy
a disease caused by a lack of
vitamin C
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