John Eliot (missionary)
John Eliot (c. 1604 – 21 May 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians. His efforts earned him the designation “the apostle to the Indians.”
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“This is my commandment, that ye love one another.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in John 15:12.
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