Corsica is adjacent to Haute-Corse.
Praying towns were developed by the Puritans of New England from 1646 to 1675 in an effort to convert the local Native American tribes to Christianity .. Puritans. Puritans. Native American. Native Americans in the United States. Christianity. Christianity. The Natives who moved into these towns were known as Praying Indians .. Praying Indians. Praying Indians. Before 1674 the villages were the most ambitious Christianization experiment in English colonial America .. Christianization. Christianization. John Eliot first preached to the Natives in their own tongue in 1646 at Nonantum , meaning `` Place of Rejoicing , '' which is now present day Newton , MA .. John Eliot. John Eliot ( missionary ). This sermon led to a friendship with Waban , who became the first Native American in Massachusetts to convert to Christianity .. Native American. Native Americans in the United States. Christianity. Christianity. Waban. Waban