Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-20
osf nasuber. are greatly d;aiiuiAsd: 1t
has deeroyed great part OF cur Ud bre-
thren.

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| thren.
NY B,abe,s and Fritsds,
I am glad to hear you obierre, that
freedom Of ipeech ought always to be made
| ufe Of amonga broihers-shis, brothers,
| really ought TO be the cafe. will roas,
! shcrefore, take tie liberty to men'ior,
! TIA, mott ofshe exiting evils amongf your
| red brethren, have been caught from the
! white wople; not only that lgx0r that
! aearcys u. daily, but many aiieaies tia.
our .orefathcrs were ignorant Of before
they fay you.
..1l Erotle,s and Fn.s4,,
au glad, with my bother chiefs, thas
| ar: acw pseien,, to find that you are ready
70 siitt Us in every thing thar will add to
; our good-we hope that the Great Spirit
may aid you in all your good undertakings
| with reipeet TO ns. We plainly perceive,
! brothers, that YOU fee that 0ery evil that
| d-!lroys your red b.etAren-It is not an
| evil, brothers of our own making; we
have not placed it an,onge ourlelyes /; IT
is an evil placed amongft US by the white
people--we look up to them to remove
1t GU. Of cur country: If they have that
ffiendhip for US, which they tell us they
have. they certainly will not let it CONT
nue. amongt US any longer. Our repeat.
ed entrealics to thote who bring this evil
amongft Us, we End, has not the detred et-
feet. We tell thc.h-Brothers fetch US
alelu! things-b.ing' goods that will clo:he
us, our women and our children, and not
this evil Aqxor that dearoys Our reslon;
that defroys our health; thu, deitroys
our lives But all we can Gay on the fub-
jctt is of no fervice, nor gives relief tc
your red brethren.
Ny Brother, and F,itn4t,
Tam glad that you have feen INTO this
bullneis as we dol rejoice to find that
YOU agree in opinion with us, and express
an anxiety to be, # ponible, CT fcrvice to
US, to remove this great evil on: Of our
country--an evil that ha. had 70 much
room in it-that has deiiroyei 70 many
Of our liyes-that it caulcs cur young
men to FAY, owe had better !'s at war
with the white peoplc--this liquor that
they introduce into our country is more
to be feared than the gun and The toms-
hawk there are more of Us dead :!nce the
treaty of Grccnville, than we loft by tie
fix years war before--1s is al! owing 10
the introduction of this liquor anongit
US" Brothers, how to remove this evil
from oqr country we DO not Enow il we
had known that it would have been
proper fuhjet to mention to you in your
council yeae,day, we lhould furely have
done it. This fubjeet, brothers, complies
part of what we intend to make known
to the Great Council Of Our white hre-
tlren. On our arrival there, VIC iha!l en-.
deavour to explain to our great father,
til. PRECEDENT, a great many evils tina.
have arilen in Our country from the intro
duttion of this l;qusr by the white
traders.
Brotbf,s and Friends,
In addition to what have before OBJ
!erved of this grea, evil in the country Of
your red brethren, l will fay further, that
il has made US poor. 1t is this liquor that
cauies OUT young men to so without clothes.
Our women and children to go without any
thing TO eat and forty ain to mention
now to you, brothers, thu: the evil is In
creating every day, as the av1Htt /tnltrs
come nearer to US, and bring thoie ket-
ties they boil that fxf in they Call Uby:
key, Of which our young men are 70 ex-
tremely fond. Brothers, when our young
men have been out hunting, and are re-
turning home loaded with kins and furs,
on their way if it happens that they come
along where fome of this whiikey is depo-
fitted, the white man who fells it tells them
to take a little drink fome Of them will
FAY no, lido not want it /; they 60 on
till they come to another houfe, where
they find more of the fame kind of drink;
it is there again offered, they refafe, and
again the third time, but finally the fourth
mr. ff,h time one accents Of il and takes a