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I have a vague recollection of once reading that European settlers saw that South American(?) indigenous peoples used cross symbology and were horrified at the thought that these pagans might have actual divine knowledge. Did this actually happen or am I misremembering?

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I have a vague recollection of once reading that European settlers saw that South American(?) indigenous peoples used cross symbology and were horrified at the thought that these pagans might have actual divine knowledge. Did this actually happen or am I misremembering?	3