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    cion on the ground , George passed them ; twifcewithout dpingW -& $ > - tempting any Harm . On approaching them the third time , while at a considerable distance ^ he drew a knife : upon seeing t ^ is thfiy i * ose up to disarm him , upon which he ran away From them ; while

    on the retreat foe * wa&jwounded by a brick thrpwn at hiin by oae ? of the-witoesseis , a ^ nd received two strokes of a club from another . tlpon ^ Uiis ^ lur ^^ ^ pon ^ p , whovwere really tb £ assailants , suid wounded one ? ofthe witnesses . A

    , , fre&hpur ^ uit then took place , wl ^ en the deceased joined tjiem and in securing , the Indian , Joh ^ Hewitt was killed .

    ; Upon bringing George to / me gaol at Canadarqua about 3 # 0 mil ^ $ fro m the ' cij . y of New York , thef -chiefs who accompanied * him applied r ta the iate-superirit ^ nd aii t < bfIndian aflfeifs , Gen ^ C h ^ p iji ^ rer siding in the towp , for redress , who informed them that he had

    no jpowerj another havirjg , been . Veryjrecentljr appbiiited ^ and as lie did npt live there ^ advised them to speak to the judges of th ^ county courts To this they

    assented ; 4 nd in about t threehpurs ^ fteir ^ rrivipgi in ^ tli ^^ to ^ ^ the jxidg ^ s and many ^ x the inhabitan ts a $ sembl ^ d in tfce cburt-hotise ^ heix R ^ e d jfec ket t ttia ^ e the

    followin » speech . It is tEe custom with the Indian . chiefs , to farnisti tlieir most , a ^ l ^ Sfje ^ . ke , r . " wttl ^' $ fii $ l r # entirrumte , wlio plpthes an 4 ar- ^^^ ¦ W j ^ fi $ v $ he ] ; $ w Jfyt ^ tK 'iis l % 8 ^ i § # ; jA ^ al ^ Js ' tirA * J \ h . l ^; ^ ¦ < * f /\ V » J § V * V ¦ * iT > i W Jl'k . » I . . ¦ . . d k # k "' . ' . Lu « . v * , k-ti ^ i 1

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    Brothers * fi lf ?^ ^ * H g ^ yoijR ajktentibn ! Tkis day is * app € > X » t « i' $ y the Great Spirit to meet our friends at this jriace . During the many years that we Save lived together in this country , goc $ wUl and harmony have subsisted among us . _ Brothers , we have now come forward an unhappy occasion : we cannot — ^ ^ - »» wtu

    our "tnihds together , " Catj ^ t We point © utoj ^ asurci whereby ^ ouir .-peace and harmony may still be preserved ? : f , W « h&ye con ^ e forward to ' $ ni $ place ^ vvhere we hajre alWays had , a superititendant

    upon f » 11 , ' TT ( rry i ^ f ••• w »»»*« w uiut find- wbrafi ? lo i&press our feelings upoa it * cOae of cmr pegpie has murdered one of your people ! 6 o it has been ordered by the Great Spirit who controls till events * Tfcisfaas been done we cannnrnow help ; . \ jte : A : < 4 & % st yview ^ i it , wppjd -seem to have the effecf of putting en ;^ to iuc friendship s but let us , reflect and put

    and ~ friend to receive us , andf lip make known to hitti { % n £ h gnevance ^^ as ^ 3 ay upoA oiyr gaimd | io ^ tii ; stem ( wrx i ^ vc none ; znd ^ c }^ v ^ x ^ Qu ^ d }^ n ^ xio ^ rQ ^ tector—no one- is now authorised torre * ^ eive us . * .. . ¦ " " - ""*

    Brotjier ^ we / therefore , now ^ call upop you to take ovr wvpezchj in writing t and , forward our ideas to t ^ he pr ; esi 5 | ent of ^ the . United States . : \ * to

    " Brpthers , let us look b ^ dk our former 6 ituation , While youT trere ijind « r the goverameot * of < 3- » eat Bfctifcain ^ - ^ il )^ j [ J [ c ^ Ui ^ j ^|^ r «§ ffiSrin * tendant appointed bv th&kinor . He had

    power to settle otfehces of this : kind among all the Indian-iaatioiwV ^ itHout adverting to the l ^ wfc . . But untder : the Brijtiifc ! g 0 y « rnm «| it you j ^^ re , uneasy ; yoit panted tp change ; it for a , , better . Genera ^ Washington ,-went forward as vMir leader ' . From tits < iertioiis you gained yout independence . ^ Jminediately afterwards" a treaty was made between the United . Sjbates ) t andjthai-Six XFQ # - »^» r » c Urnwn ^ hv -i ? vkafnrvJT ttnvno »« # «« m * i «* # 1

    i > tr !^ W ^« lrfeis { m ^ 4 « r < h W actltierft ^ chc 1 p !^ nt > f J " ' ^ ## r » P ^ lt ^ tccidcut ^ did rifclqp ^^ ji k /

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    Indian Speech . 333

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/13/