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Saponi Religious Beliefs Explained
W Main St, Danville,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 32' 27.497184",
-79° 27' 55.311084"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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On 12-15 October 1728, Col. William Byrd II and his party camped just west of here while surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary. Bearskin, Byrd's Saponi guide, described his tribe's religious beliefs, which, wrote Byrd in his diary, contained the three Great Articles of Natural Religion: the Belief of a God; the Moral Distinction betwixt Good and Evil; and the Expectation of Rewards and Punishments in another World. Bearskin's religion also included a Hindu-like belief in reincarnation.
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Saponi Religious Beliefs Explained Historical Marker Location Map, Danville, Virginia Map
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