Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-26

dose. 1t is HIM that has been the principal.
cause of all the mischief that has been done.
1t is his practice TO gather ali the bad Indians
be can--he goes about them t. poison their
minds--that way IS the object Of his pursuit
we know. All ycV haze related about the
Prophet taking the salt is stubborn trt,(
In the purchase of laud you made of the IN
dians at Fort Wayne swe years ago, we know
you used no deception " it, il was ? fai&l
purchase; and that al you have related
on thD5>rsubiect is the truth we paid at
ten 70 WIN y GU said respecting Tie pnr-
CT aSS was thrC' The Proplls,s isfiii-
e the f6ians teiusoa. to receive the an
n les si foc tn land. All that you ted
" bodSth di;4 rent treaties, from tho
trey OF Mitskii m down 10 the pre-
scntNnc is true tits also true what you
have tod us ab4@ the Quakcrs. Now pay
attention to-what VIC say-Ne acknowledge
the business CT your address concerning agri-
culture; we know the necessity Of it; we
consider ourselves as enc man on that head:
1t IS hard and difficult for us to manage cur
bad peopie--we have no power over the Pro
phet to do any thing with hiin-we have dore
our best with him, and all to no purpose; we
nave no intercourse or CONNECTION with him,
Eouknowyou cannot rna.aye yomr bad people.
You know he has turned deaf ear TO ali the
President Of the U. S. has said to him. tits
therefore utterly out Of our power to do ANY
thing with him.
We are determined to pay no regard to
any thing but the study of peace; tha; we
VIII pursue, and have pity on cur women &c
children, TO clothe, feed and take care of
thcrA The Delewares, Ottaways, Wyan-
dots, Senecas and Miames are of the same
mind withus. IL is not in she heart or mind of
one OF us to pursue am thing but peace with
the whites, fer the good olour women and chill
dren. When we take into consideration our
rising generation, we are satisfied that Moth
ing but peace will make them prosperous
and happy. We are standing here and view
ourselves as one man with the whtes-the
treaties have always considered us as A.
mel9cans, and that VIC look upon ourselves
to be such now---we are dropped on one Is
land, and that we ought to be bound in the
ties OF friendship. Your interest and ours is
lnseparaole il would be duplicity in us to
hide or Conceal any evil thing that is coming
OH you, and we thank you for that part of
your speech to US yesterday. The advice
OF the Americans to us for q long time has
been good, but never was brought into
effect until now Youmay depend upon it,
1t we know vi any mischief coming on YOU, we
VIII give you carly information OF it, as we
consider your interest and ours the same.
inJure you without us knowing tiff we nave
only the smallest prospect Of danger, even
like the whistle Of bird AGAINST you, you
may depend on receiving information of it.
we fcl determined on living at The place
weAasx reside at--wc have not at this time
inc rnestdistant idea of going any where else.
The Wyandotts are the same with us, we
are al one man. They are determined OF,
resisting at their Iabitation--we are near
neighbors, close together, and that ought to
be the strongest motive Tor us to live in the
ties of friendship.
u q war breaks ont between Won and G..
Britain, we are determined to follow your adj
vice ON that subject yesterday. five should
JON the English, it will only involve us in DIFF
tcultlcs. Yolr advice TO us yesterday was
TO remain neutral; that part we arc deter
mined to follow. We have already tried the
British, and found they left us liz dificultcs.
At tho same time, If the British offer ms pre-
sents ofgoods, we viii receive them, but no
turthcTs--Wc arc sitting here together with
you, amt the British arc ut great distance
ana that IS great reason that friendship
should continue between You and MS As the
treaty entered into at GrcenViIe gives us
inc Liberty OF hunting on these lands, we are
glad Rpu mentioned that TO us Yesterday.
and wish 20 use that privilege as friends
ana DeF lbors. The, Young men will hunt
while ~ |e is any game, and it is right for
them to kne among yen as friends--and we
request 80 TO publish this for the informant
on ct our white brethren. we are sorry, AMI
cur feelings nave often been hurt at the whites
ordering US not to hunt on their lands, althoi
VIC behaved ourselves peaccably. Game will
noi be plenty losg, and een our Young men
will be done conAg aging you. We expect
whshCur young m1 tone w.. they viii be
nse Al2rothcrs, Sr4s stransers--and that
whcl&llcy areH wan. provisions will be
be gi7cnto tM. YoufvSlst not be suspici.
oys of any - coming ~ Nhong you, or the
Miamies-W spcak TOR them as well as for
Ia your speech yesterday, you told us the
President ofthe United States expended more