The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-11
WASHINGTON Aurult $.

There is not, we believe, the Leaf foundation
for the rumor of an engagement between tn,
U. States frigatc Contribution and Britiih ihiE
of war, in the Mediterranean. Nat. In.
[ In the following curious talk we think we
perceive new evidence of IBritih anlity "a,
well as what we may expect from our friend.
on the frontier. Americans alone conGder.
ed as Objects of hatred by the Great Spirit, ano
no ardent fpirts, forfooth, ought to be drank
by the Indians, except fuch as comes from
Montreal 1t is impofiible to view fuch extra
lvagance as flowing from the unprejudced mind
of the favage. 1t can only be afcribed to the
lInterefted views of a foreign trading compa
ny, or to the inltruGtions countenancc of ths
government from which that company ema
mates.
SUBSTAN Of a tah 4tiiversd at LIE Mai
ouitmong, entrance of Lake Michigan, by til.
Indian ChiefLe Maigouis or tie Trout, Ma,
4tb, 1907, as coming from tbe frR man svbon
God created, laid to be no1v IN tie Shawancft
country, addre1sd TO all tbe different tribes o.
| Indians.
LIE Magouis holding in his hand eight .Arine.
of old eVambum, four white and four blue
/ fad-
| Brotber5-Thefe frinys of qvambuu come
| from the Great Spirit. Do not deipifr them
for he knows every thing. They are to go all
round the earth till they are loft. They were
TENT to you by the FIRST MAN he created, with
thefe words:
Cbildren-I was aflsep, when the Great Spi-
rit, addrefiing hinfef to another fprit, fa,d
have cloled my Book of accounts with man, and
am going to detroy the earth {; but Grlt will
awaken, from the ileep of the dead, the firm
man created: he is wife, and let us hear il he
has ought to fay. He then awoke me, and told
me what he was about to do.
! i looked round the world and faw my RED
CHILDREN had greatly degenerated that they
! had become fcattered and mferable. When l
faw this, was grieved on their account, and
afked leave of the Great Spirit, to come and
Zee it /! could reclaim them. / requeii ed the
Great Spirit to grant, in cafe they mould liften
to my voice, that the world might yet fubGh,
for the period of three full lives. And my re-
quef was granted.
Now, therefore, my CHILDREN. lifen to my
voice, it is that of the Great Spirit If YOU hear
ken to my council, and follow my inaruetons
for four yearJ, there will then be two DAYS of
DARKNESS, during which flall travel unieen
through the land, and caufe the animals, fuch
AS they were formerly, hen created them,
to come forth out Of the earth. The Great S5i.
rit, bids me addrefs you in his own words, which
are thefe.
MY CbiI@ren-you are to have very little
interc ourfe with the sv6iteJ. They are not your
father, as you call them /; but your bretbreB.-
AM YOUR FATHER. When you call me 70,
you do well, / am the father of the EngliI6, of
the French, of the Spaniard5, and Of the Ind.
ans | created the hrlt man, who was the com
mon father of all thefe people as well az your
ielvss, and it is through him, whom have a.
walked from his long leep, that l now adde's
you. Bat the AneyicaAJ / did not make
They are not my children, but the children of
the evil fpirit. They grew from the fcum of
the great water, when it was troubled by the
evil fpirt, and the froth was driven into the
woods by ftrong eatt wind, they are hume
rous, BIT bate tksm. They are anjAf they
have taken away your lands, which were not
made for them"
MY Cbiidren-The whites placed on tine o.
ther iide of the Great Lake, that they might be
a fepsrate people. To them l gave different
manners, cuftoms, animals, vegetables, &c. for
their uie. To them have given cattle, fheep,
| fwinc, and poultry for themfeves only
You are not to keep any of ibsfe animals, nor
to eat of their meat. TO you ] have given the
deer, the bear, aud all wild animals, and the
| fih that i@im in the river, and the corn that
grows in the fields, for your own ufe and
you are not to give your meat or your corn TO
| tire qObifeJ to eat.
NY CbiLdren--You may faute The whites
| when you meet them, bm NM net Rake hands
You mutt not get drunk it is great lin. Your
old men and chiefs may drink little pure fpi-
| rits, iuch as comes from Montreal But you
mutt not drink one drop of W,biAcy. 1t is the
drink of the evil fpirit. II qoaJ not made By me,
| but By the ImerieaBS. 1t is potion. 1t makes
you iick. 1t burns your iulides. Neither are
| you on any account to cat bread, it is the food
| ofthe SvbifSJ.
Ny Cbikdrea-You muft plant corn for your.
felves, for your wives, and for your children,
and when you do it, you are to help each o.
Their, but plant no more than is neceGsry for
your own ufe. You muir not fell it to the
sobifss, II WAS not made for them. made
all the trees of the foreft for your ufe but the
maple love beR, becauIe it yields fugart for
your little ones. You mutt make it only for
| them, but fell none to the sObifeS. They have
another fugar, which was made expressly for
them; belides by making too much you fpoil
the trees, and give them pain by cutting and
hacking them, tor they have a feeling like
youriclyes. II you make more than is necefra.
~ for your own uit, you Giall die, and the ma.
! pie will yield no more water. If white mae
IS &arvDs, yop nay fe.l him v.ry l,t::.s corr,