A frustrated Jesuit reported that the Indians listened patiently but ultimately replied, “You can have your way and we will have ours.” He added, “If we reply that what they say is not true, they answer that they have not disputed what we have told them and that it is rude to interrupt a man when he is speaking and tell him he is lying.” Another impatient missionary remarked, “What can one do with those who in word give agreement and assent to everything, but in reality give none?”
