The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-26

which is terrible when il burns -Aaul yoI, and
your wives, aud your little ones woii all be
confined He knows All your hodges he
knows, toa man, how many warriors you save !:
he has his white children AMI wirfioYs planted
ial around you. You could not eicape. You
would al becu. OF as clean as cut OF my
! beard when .have. WAC would Be left To tell
/ the aory !! Not one.
| Brotbers ho!i- you will not be offended,
bee auie tell you the truth. j do not FAY this
| to 1it your hc1rts with fear, to make your
| hands trembie. | an not fpeakinS to old svo-
mems know You are Brave. You do not fear
any thing. Iony remind you OF >vnat yoa all
/ sno%. --The certain consequences of taking
/ III, the hatchet, which HIS been III long buried
Brothers But your great father would be
| iorry,o Zee this, becaufe he is the great freni
ofred nen; and loves you ali. Your erofnerity
Is near 10 his heart. He wii.fes YOU TO be :trons
and to tana W together yet a great while, a; a
| people.
! Brothers: Ym were once very ftrorg and
powcriul--a great people. We wers the, d
/ little cloud riling out of ,he great water in the
eat. This little Cloud has now become great;
It has ipread iifelf over the whole helvens, aai
oser-!hadows the whole land OF our fathers,
while you have become weak aud &c uttered,
i. s 's"' S' ''u'' come ana Lake 'i'si'er under
we are Ike the fln in the eat, ritirg in its
full arength. You are like the fan letting in tile
Wcif, when it's itrenglh Is gone.
| Brothers: The Great Spirit has done this
lie made both white and red men. They are
all his children. The blood that runs in our
veins is all of the fame colour. The Great
| Spirit knows what is bef, and we lnud iiIbmt
To the will OF The Great Sairi, .
Brothers At,s-., 49, .:5;.i ,yy;:-.=
we took yoaby the hand Ind fnoaed together.
! The Ratchet was then buried II hope for ever.
1t NUT no. ne ,asen mp again.
| Brothers: Your Great Fither is the friend Of
red men aad the friend of peace. He wiflies
you to liunt without fearing foe, and learn of
us thote arts by which you could live, if hunt
ling ihonld fail you.
Brothers: Yonr great father wiihes yon to
learn 10 build huts, that wifi, iheltrr you from
the rain aad cold, 10 ME the plough, and TO
raie cattle and fheep. So TINT each you may
! be able 10 FAY, IS This hcGrt and thar cornfeld
are mine, For they were nv fathers tSey will be
my ions, and my grandfons after him" So
that you may have bread ard rneIt 70 f u you,
when you are hungry, and cloathng TO keep
you warm, when Butfaloes and Beavers will no
longer be found in the foref. This is the with
OF your Great Father.
Brothers: IT any bad bird comes among you
from the fouth, do not li!fen: If any advifes
you 10 take up arms agaua the Americans, il is
,
, troy you. Remember what Ifay, do not .iitcn
to it, but inform me.
! Ero.heTs: II bird aiights among you from
the north or the eat, and whi:pers in your ear
o. war, do not believe it, it will deceive YOU
| The red eoats'and big knives are friends. They
WIZ rot draw the bow aeainf each other. Be-
HE, you mut always be ready 70 fight for your
father, 1t he needs your afiaanGc for he is
| your Father the country al. round you is his
and you NUT lock 70 him alone for protection.
/ Brothers Leatt You ihond forget who ale
| your friends, i!ia prefent yoe with the 4 meri-
can filg you have feen il before, but viii ex-
plain it to YOU.
Brothers: 1hefe leventecn fsrs are the rven-
teen hres of the American people. Thief feven.
teen fripeS 70 clofcly intcrwoven lhew how
cloie'y orr fires are united TO form one great
national fire. The red and the white fevErally
reprcirnt the red and the whit children Of our
great father, who al fit around it, and equally
feel the warmth. When you look up, and fee
this waving i'll your camp, it will tell you who
are your friends, and where you mia!l look FOR
protection.
Brothers: As to what you Fay Of gen. WAk.
inton's proniiie in the talk you have iheHn me,
| It IS not his fault that il has not been fulfilled
nor yet the fault of your great father. The
Precpts are forwarded to Detroit, where they
ire li'ued to fome of the chiefs of your nation,
vino probably engage to give you your hare.
But | ihall fpeak Of this to your great father,
and an inre he will fee that you have Juice
doGe yoa in future.
Brothers: You complain that the merchants
lors mp fbeir mix, they do right becaufe yonr
great father orders It'll he ilouId let it loofsit
would become d food that would nverwhelm
you, you know il has dearoyed tboufands of
! your people /; it is not milk but potion. Yon
fec how 1t takes away the ftrength of man,
whenhe drinks it 70 that he cannot nlnd no.
Jut 70 it will taSe away The Grengih of your
nation, 70 t'sat il can no longer Rand 10, as
Ipeope. Your great father fees this, aud there.
fore orders us to lock up his milk.
| Brothers You appear aPprehenfye of being
lpGt in prif3n for debt--you need not be afraid
your Great Father wonll not allow It. You
mutt however be lionelt and pay your debts !;
( otherwHe your Fa,rer will be Duplicated; be.
hdes, tic for your intefelt to be pnnetuaI in
your payment -otherwife the merchants viii
lock- up from you not only their milk, but eysry
thing elie. You mutt not run IN dabt more
tbau you can pay.
I Brothers: I have fiid great deal, but 7 hive
4 little more to fty. few weeks ago 4 cler;
of Mr.. 6liliy's vas niot through the right hand
by an Indian at the river Bre Mrquit, without
pro9ocatiOn. H. will oofe bis hand, and lis
wonder he was not killed on the fDot. This
faucy Indian Gaidat The Zine time, THAI lie would
always Ioot white men ike ducks, wherever ne
could ind them.
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