Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-23

have told YOU so, ahu VIC sh""iu i.>S 80
met YOU at our council fire at this time.
Brofher-The white people buy and sell
false rights to our lands. and your en-
pioyers have, you say, paid great price
for their rights.-They must have plenty
of money. to spend ii in buying false rights
TO lands belonging to Indians. The loss
oft will not hurt them, but our lands are
af great ya,ue to us. and we wish you to
90 hack with ocr Talk to your employers,
and TO tell them and the Workers. that they
have no right to buy and sell false rights
to our lands.
Rrotber-We hope you clearly under
stand the ideas we have offered. This IS
all we have TO say.
The Speech of Sasoua Ha. which sisni-
fies The Keeper ,l7cake, chief OF the
Seneca Nation of Indians. known by the
white people by the name OF Ned Jack
ct. in answerto Speech Of the Reve-
read Mr.. Alexander. Missionary from
the Missionary Society in New York,
to that Nation-Delivered 1T Csun-
eli held at Butfaioe Greek, in May,
1911.
Brother-We listened TO the talk you
delivered to us from the Council OF Black
coats* in New-Yor!,. We have fully con-
sidered YOUR talk, and the offer You have
made US, which we perfectly understand,
and we return cur answer 70 them. which
We wish you also TO understand. In max
ing up our minds, we have looked back,
and remembered what has been done in
our days, and what our fathers have told
Us was done in old times.
Brother.--Great numbers Of Black
coats have been among the Indians. and
with sweet voices and smiling faces, have
offered to teach them the religion of the
white people. Our brethren in the east
listened to them-turned from the reli-
zion of their fathers, and took up the re-
ligion of the white people. What good
has it done? Are they more happy and
more friendly one to another than we are |?
No brother, they are a divided people
we arc united-they quarrel about reli-
sion-we live in love and friendship
they drink strong waters-have learnt
how to cheat-and practise all the vices
of the white people, which disgrace In
dams, without initiating the virtues of the
white people. Brother-if you are our
we'll wisher, keep away and do not dis
turb US.
Brother-We do not worship the great
spirit as the white people do. but we be-
iieye the forms Of worship are indifferent
10 the great spirit-it is the homage OF a
sincere heart that p!eases him, and we
worship him in this manner.
According to your religion we must be-
lieve IN father and son, or we will not be
happy hereafter. We have always believed
in father, and we worship him rs we
were taught by our fathers. Your book
says that the son was sent on eart!i by the
father-did all the people who saw the
son believe in him Motley did not,
and the consequence must be known to
YOU if you have read the book.
Broiher-YOu wish US to change our
religion for yo,irs-we like our religion
and do not want another. Our friends
(pointing TO Mr.. Granser.t Mr.. Parish &
Mr.. Tayior) do us great good-tley coun-
ell us in our troubles, and tell us how to
make ourselves comfortable. Our friends
the Quakers 10 more than this-they give
us ploushs and instruct US how to use them.
They tell US. We are accountable beings,
but do not say we must change our rcii-
sion. We are satisfied with what they
do.
Brother-For these reasons we cannot
receive your offers-we have other things
to do, and beg YOU to make your mind
easy. and not trouble us, lest our heads
should be too much loaded and by and by
burst.
The appellation given to Clergymen by
the Indians.
Mr.. Granger is the agent OF the United
States FOR Indian affairs and resides at Buffa-
,oc-A.r. Parish is the Indian Interpreter
And Mr.. Taylor is the agent of the Society of
Friends for irnDroyiDo the condition of the