The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-07 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

TRAVELS In CANADA, awl the UNItE,D STATES, in
an,l ISi7. By Lieutenant FRANCI HALL, 14th Light
Dragonns, H. P —Sro. LONGMAN, fiultsi*, ofiME,
and BflowN, Patvrnnster-Row.

To those Who participate the avidity with
which we appropriate fo otit•selVes the ktiowled;.!e
ohtiined by other inell exploring
tries, and vtlin with hs io considering a
really intelligent tr4velter ar a Kira avi's of iit....t.a-
t‘ire, we shall of no .poloLry for recoinmethline,
.to thcir perhs4l the v,.litme lately wiitleri.by
Lieoteilant HALL., r,it (...ti.ola and ti,e
'Stares ; which cooren-nres, in a stnall Corn-
piss, much tisethl iii`ortmAtion. and affords rrratiy
interesting. domestic with
.highly correct
grid picilliesciiiie de,CFII),iOIIS. 7,1 the onset--
valions on the United :•..itates, Nlr. HALL (11S-
-I►ldys tire candour aid liberality of art ettliillit-
en,d 1",1,- the present this. part
of tire 1VO!k, sir transcribe the following cot itnis
and entertainini' account of the indicins dwelling
tielr the Gratol River, the desrelichilitg, or at least
the tenntant, of the Five Confederated Ntrions,
once En formidable for their ferocious v,a),)iir, arid
Sri renowned for their tiersevering, f,ohey

The Mohaw have always been esteemed the head of the
Confederacy. They were str in; ;!, attached to the British
interest, mid first followed Sir is Johnson into Canada,
nutter their chieftain, the Monster Brandt." The Monster
bad, however, some good finalities. He accustomed his
people to the arts of civilized life, and made farmers of them.
Ile built a church, and translated one of the Gospels into the
Mohawk language; for, like (710 k-is, and many of the eaily
Anglo-Saxon and Danish Christians, he contrived to unite
ICII religious zeal with the practices of natural fcrocity.—
Ilis grave is to he seen under the walls of his church. I have
mentioned one of his sons : he has Also a nanghtur
who would not disgrace the dicks of European fashion her
face and person are fine and graceful : she speahs English,

not only correctly, big elegantly; and has, both in her
spetwh and manners, a softness approachin; to Oriental
languur : she retains so much of her national dress as to
identify her with her people, over whom she affects no supe-
riority, but seems pleased to preserve all the ties and duties
,of relationship. She held the. infant of one of her relations
at the font, on the Sunday of my visit to the'ehurch. The
usual church and baptismal service was performed by a Dr.
Aaron, an Indian, and an assistant Priest; the congregation
Consisted of FO or Tel persons, malc and female many of the
young men were dressed iu the English fashion, but several
of the old warriors came with their blaukets folded over
them, the drapery of a statue: and in this dress, with a
step and mien of quiet energ;, more forcibly reminded me
of the ancient Romans than some other inhabitants of this
tontineot, who have laid claim to the resemblance. Souse of
!hem wore large silver crosses, medals, and other trinkets, on
tl;eir backs and breasts; and a few bad bandeaus, ornamented
with feathers. Dr. Aaron, a grey-beaded Mohawk, had
touched his Flecks and 'fo'reht4d with a few spots of ver-
=Ton, in honour of Sunday : lie 'acre a surplice, and
preached at considerable length ; but Its delivery was unim-
passioned; and monotonous in the- extreme. Indian eToquence
decays with the peculiar state of society to which it owed its
energy.

The Mohawk village stands on a little plain, looking down
upon the C-'..ran,l Itiver ; upon the alluvi:m'ofwhieli the lobs-
bitants raise their crops, chiefly of Indian corn. Their
bouses are built of logs, rudely put together, and exhibiting
Octet :rally a great appearance of neglect, and want ;.if comfort.
Some few arc its abetter condition the house belonging to
brandes family resembles that of a petty Engliah farmer ;
Dr. Aaron's was neat and clean. The Doctor, who had been
regularly ordained, and spoke very good English, told me the
had been injured. moch by the war, which had put a
stop to its improvements, and 'dispersed, the inhabitants over
the country. 'This is probable enough : the Indians advance
towards civilized life with a forced motion, and revert to
habits of warfare, and wandering,.with a natural rebound.
The Cayugas seem to have made less progress than the
Mohawks,' towards "7.omestic accommodation the fire is still
in the middle of ''.l' it dwellings : the earth; or a block of
wood, soffiees for chair, and table ; and planks, arranged
?Oulu! the walls, like cabin births, form their beds. They
te.,ined vriy cbterfnl, thoogh with little reason; for their
crop of Indian Corn, which 'they were now drying and busk-
ing, had been'spoiled by preMatuie..frost, and in common
with all the other Indians of the settlement, their only re-
source against starvation. was the British Commissariat.—
They confine themselves to :b,?•:cultivation of *lndian corn;
because it requites little laboar,
,uid of that sort which may
be performed by women ; the consequence is, that a single
frosty ;right strikes them with famine, or at least throws them
far support upon the magazine of Kingston. The evil and
remedy peticeed'fr'm the same son ree :do habitual dependance
on (stir honoty.destroys by renderlitg needless, all exertion
towards self-support. ' But from th'e systeni of Indian tute-
lage results the necessity of gtiarVinsliip, that is, of the In-
dian dePart:nent, through which :some thousands of the
public money are annually fil:ered plentiful harvests ors the
Grand River ssoula d'estroy gulden crops of place and,

nonage..
. .
_I bad little opportunity of observing their manners and
character. It may be conjectured that European intercourse
is fast qt.); itera.t 'lug the aarawristic features of their former
social system. Their. increased yowledge of our arts, and
enjoyments, I.as been probably followed by a proportionate
increase of v: ants and desires, and these, by the usual
Lzzession of their 'concomitant passions. It is likely they
are less brute, less temperate,- less .sagacious, and. less
ardent in their social affections; than their woodland an-
cestors; but alSo less cruel and revengeful, ruche selfish

and mote religions. In the vicinity of their settle'ments they
hive the character of being inoffensive neighbours, and of
Vying peaceably among theuiselves, except when under the
oCcaSional.innuence of intoxication. Their manners seemed
to rue remarkable fur nothing so much as for that quiet Self-
p!Asession, which constitutes the t-Verse'of vulgarity. Their
►omen, before strangersore extremely timid : most *of those
who lived at any distance from the church came mounted,
w►th their husbands walliing_by.their_ sides ; a symptom, per-
haps, fiat the rex is rising among them into an European
e.luality of rights and enjoyments.

Although the Indians in general appear to have
degenerated from their ancestors, -there are yet
sonic individual chiefs who would not disgrace
the memory of their warlike race; of this an ex-
ample was lately given by Tecuszszn, the Shaw-

. .
nCe. Chiect \vlio in the late tear the
firm friend and auxiliary nt littocKe•
TF,cumsarturged the necessi.ly of an Indian con-
federation against the Uofted, States ; but his
counsels were disregarded ; fre was destined to
he brave and (vise iu vain, and finally found the
deiifli lie appeared to covet, in the field, to which
he rushed in the pursuit of vengeance and glory.

TO THE MEMOE,roF TECUMSEH.
Tecumseh has no grave, but eagles dipt
Their tav'ning beaks, and drank his stout heart's tide,
Leaving his runes to whiten where he died:
His skin by Christian tomah:iwks was stript
Frim the har'd fibres."—lmpotence of pride!
Trinnwhant o'er the earth-worm, but in vain
Deeming, th' impassive spirit to deride,
Which nothinz or immortal, knows no pain!
blight ' torment him to this earth again,.
That were an agony: his children's blood
h',s soul, and, like a fiery flood,
Scorch'd up his core of being. Then the stain
Of flight wa oii hini, and the wringing thought,
He should no more the erineson hatchet raise,
Nor drink front kindred lips his song of praise;
So Liberty, he deem'il, with life,was cheaply bought.

The Riflemen are said to itavy cot off strips of I)is skin, to
prbvi.ir as tt-01)11101.

ALDERMAN TIIORT'S DINNER.

Yesterday number of respect;thle Gentlemen
and Noblemen dined ftt the London Tavern, to
celebrate the Election of 'Air. Alderman THORP.
Before the company sat down to dinner, his
Royal Ss the Duke of St,,sex stated, that
contzegnence of the melancholy event of Mr.
HARVEY ComnE's death, Mr. Boca COWIE, who
was announced as Chairman for the occasion, was
prevented front attending ; and therefore*, who
had come ti the meeting merely to join as a vi-
sitor in congratulating his countrymen upon the
triumph of their independence, was called upon
to take the Chair. Under such circumstances, he
hoped the meeting mathl grant him every indul-
gence due to his situation.—(Applauses.)
Upon the cloth being removed, and the health
of " The King" being given, the Royal Chairman
oposed
" The Prince Regent, and may he never forget the prin-
ciples which placed the !tome of Brunswick upon the Throne
of this Coon try."--(A pplause.)
" The Queen, and t Ste rest of the Royal Family," follow-
ed, and was received with appropriate demonstrations of
respect _ .

The Rov AL Cu AIRMAN, in proposing the health
of the respectah!e and amiable individual, whose serum for
Loudon the Mettiog was assembied to celebrate, took ucea-
' sion to con:zratulate the Live, y of London, as well as Ihe
country at large, upon the t rium ph which that return evinced.
—(Loud applaoses.)—HaVing always delihel•ately reflected
• upon, and ardently felt for the welfare of his country, he was
naturally proud of any event which promised to promote that
welfare, and therefore he was gratified,by the result of the
late Election.—(Applause.)—Although precluded by,his sta-
tion as a Peer of the realm from interfering in popular Eke-
tioas, he could not forbear from expressing his gratifica-
tion in the triumph of popular principles, upon a ques-
tion which had been so long agitated in the Gill Of
London, as well as throughout the country—namely,
whether the advocates for taxation and expenditure
should he preferred to those who looked for economy
• and retrenchtutro.—(Applause.)—He hail also to congratu-
late the meeting upon the Election of Alderman Thorpe,
whom he hnew from experienc4i and observation to be one of
the 1111,,5t active advocates for Charitable Institutions whom
he had known in the City of London. Thus this Wort by
Alderman, who was known to be the son of one of the most
active ft iends of the principles of Charles Fox, was the con-
' sistent advocate of those principles, by tendedug all the ser-
vice, iu his power to -the cause of linnuinityr..-(foinft Ap-
plauers.)—Experience then having testified so nitteli in favour
of Alderman Thorp, he could not donht of the disposition of
the Meeting to greet with unanimity the proposition of his
.health, and that of the Electors by whom he had been so
manfully supported.—(Applause.) - • -
Mr.• Alderman TRolir observed', that from the
manner•in which his health had been propoied by the Illus-
trious Chairman, and received by the Cosiapaliv, he should
hive felt extremeTY embarrassed in returning thanks, if he
could have deemed such an honour a personal compliment;
but, conceiving that bouour rather meant as•a testimony in •
favour of those public principles, of which he was but an
humble advocate; that eufbarrasstnant was removed. He
was glad to find himaclf regarded as the friend of liberty and
independence, and he hoped he should prove this descry-
ing of that regard. Individoal esteem he duly valued,
but he much more esteemed the support of those who
loolied to him as the advocate of the righti• and privileges
of the people.-(:Applause.)—He was indeed gratified. to hinl
that he was sd regarded in the course of his canvass, and in
the progress of the poll. For no individual distinction or
partiality could ever he so grateful to him as the success of
the principles which were nearest. to his heart, which formed
the creed of that excellent man Mr. Harvey Combs, who sets
110 w no more, atoliwhich were most essential to the happi-
n..ss of this country, as well as of all mankind.—(Loud Ap-
plattst.)—The Worthy Alderman concluded with proposing
the health of the Chairman, who had, he observed, door so
tench good to freedom and humanity throughout his life, and
especially to the Charitable Establishments in this City.—
(Applause.)
. _

'f he DuVe of Sussex, in returning thanks, said,
that be was as proud as his venerable Father that he. was
,born a Briton, and deriving all that he had from the British
people, hr sb,oul.l he always happy to contribute as far as
be could istiOrd to relieve their wants or mitigate their suf-
ferings—(Applauses.)—His Royal Highness concluded with
proposing tha health of a Nobleman whom he was glad to see
to thiaMerting, and with whom he was uniformly proud to
act in Parliament, convinced that when he concurred
the near rektion of Charles Fox, be was supporting the prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty—be meant Lord Holland.
(Loud idieering.)
Lord • 110LLAND, in niakin: his acknowledg-
ments fur the honour conferred upon him, observed, that he
could attribute that, honour only to to his connection with a
man whose name and .principles he was glad to find dear to
his conntriusen, as he had no doubt they were to all 'die li-
beral Mid intelligent men of Europe. For the prineples of hi.
lUtistrivus Relation's kind heart were, he was convinced, not
more conducive to the prosperity and happiness of !England,
than to the freedom of all mankind. The Noble Lord congra-
tulated the Meeting upon the return of Mr. AldermanTnorp,
whom be undo stood to be the son of a most. respectable in-
dividual, always devoted to the genuine principles of freedom.
Therefore, he rejoiced in the event which the meeting was
assembled to celebrate, however that meeting might disturb
the green-eyed," or green-bagged monster of jealousy.
Upon the healths of Messrs. Waithman and byng being
drank, each returned thanks in appropriate terms.
The Duke of SUSSEX having proposed the health
of Mr. Ellice, the brother-in-law, he said, of Lord Grey and
the late Mr. whitbread, who had been lately returned for
Coventry,
Mr. &Lica returned thanks, assuring the Meet -
ing that his conduct in Parliament should never he influenced
by any personal connection or party attachment —..(Applause.)
The Meeting broke up about twelve o'clock.

The Tiber, Captain DACRBS, Will proceed to
11.1cymouth on the 14th instant, to embark the
Lord Bishop of SALISBURY and -suite, take
theM round the. islands. of-Guernsey and Jersey.
His Lordship's visit thither is for, the purpose of
performing the solemn service of Confirmation and
Consecration. The id ands. are within the diocese
of Winchester; but the bad health of the Lord
Bishop thereof has incapacitated him for, the
duties. The Li), d Bishop. of SALISBURY will
.be
the first English Bisltv that ever visited those
islands. The Tiber will reland Lis Lordship and
suite at Weymouth.

We received this morning the Pa ris Papers of
Friday and Saturday last. Not a syllable has been
suffered to transpire through their medium re-
specting the Conspiracy referred to in our Prilvate
Correspondence of yesterday. They continue to
give very long details of the proceedings of the
VVesttninster Eeetiou.—The following are ex-