Rights to the land
Who owned the land in the Americas: its Native peoples, or the Christian kings who granted it by charter. Roger Williams argued that it belonged to its Native owners.
Corn, Land, and the Women's Fields
Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America (London, 1643), chapter 16, on the Narragansett · printed London 1643, from Williams's years among the Narragansett from the early 1630s
Obs: The Natives are very exact and punctuall in the bounds of their Lands, belonging to this or that Prince or People, (even to a River, Brooke,) &c. And I have knowne them make bargaine and sale amongst themselves for a small piece, or quantity of Ground: notwithstanding a sinfull opinion amongst many that Christians have right to Heathens Lands: but of the delusion of that phrase, I have spoke in a discourse concerning the Indians Conversion.
Observation: The natives are very exact and precise about the bounds of their lands, which belong to this or that prince or people, even down to a river or brook. And I have known them make bargains and sales among themselves for a small piece or quantity of ground. This is so despite a sinful opinion among many that Christians have a right to heathens' lands. But I have spoken of the delusion of that phrase in a discourse concerning the Indians' conversion.