What is the attitude towards the Indians in "Young Goodman Brown?"

When Goodman Brown is
in the forest and overhears voices that sound like the town deacon's and minister's, he hears
the deacon's voice say,

Of the two, reverend Sir . . . I
had rather miss an ordination-dinner than tonight's meeting. They tell me that some of our
community are to be here from Falmouth and beyond, and others from Connecticut and Rhode Island;
besides several of the Indian powows [sic], who, after their fashion, know almost as much
deviltry as the best of us.

Thus, the deacon would much
rather be present at the witches' meeting in the forest than be present for an ordination dinner
for a new minister of his Christian faith. He is excited about the fact that so many new people
are coming from faraway places to tonight's meeting. In addition, he mentions that there will be
several high-ranking Indians religious men present who, in their own ways, know almost
as much deviltry as the best of them , namely, the Puritans. In other words, then,
the deacon seems to suggest that the...