... de Lery and Mary Jemison. Jean de Lery, a French Calvinist, in his History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, examines the Tupinamba, an Indian tribe, by allowing himself to separate from his Protestant rationality. To ensure her own survival, Mary Jemison, an Irish American taken captive by Shawnee Indians and adopted by a Seneca family, fully assimilates herself into tribal life ... " (Jemison, p. 184). Jemison does not focus merely on the consumption of alcohol, but more significantly on its introduction into Indian society. The first nine chapters of her narration illustrate a societ...

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