Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-31

tiOn there, they woti!d then doubtless find
their land. We sent IL men toFort Meigs,
iHsteadoi our western brothers having land,
10 give the Six Nations, they sold the seat,
from under those that were among them.
Father:
We are distressed. Capt. Parish hasin.
formed US that We could now exchange o,r
lands iorl lands 10 the westward 4: he adyissd
US to 10 il, brwe should certainly lose them
for il was The determination OF the govern
ment OF the United States, that the Indians
should leave their present seats those Ina,
did not exchange them would lose them.
| Faher:
W. are astonshed and amazed! Ouro ola
friend. Col. Ogden, has altered his address
TO us be has for years talked to US as man
that wished to purchase our lands, if No
were pleased to sell. He now writes Ia ne
how we shall conduct on his lands which
we occupy.
Father:
To whom shall we go, but unto you Ue
doubt not but many OF our white brothers
fear God, and ought 10 be trusted, but how
shall we find them!
Father:
We fear thai we have been deceived, and
your predecessor imposed on. Strange thing,
have come to our ears-,hat our message to
your predecessor which we signed, was very
different from what was read to us-,hat i
said We were DESTROYS of leaving our seats
here and going TO the wesi-proyided we
obtained lands 10 the westward, we reln.
! pushed our reservations here. Ifany thing
f. like this Was in our message we were basely
deceived. We had but these objects in
view, 10 inform our father, the President, of
this offer OF our western brothers the op-
portnnity that it offered for providing for
Our scattered children-to obtain his appro-
baton and assurance that the land should
be confirmed to US by the United States;
any thing more, except providing provisions
TOR our men while transac,ins the business.
! was as base an imposition as ever was prac.
/; tised.
Fdther:
We declare TO you, we desire you 10 pub.
lish 10 all our white brethren, that il Is our
Z fixed and determined purpose to live and
/ die on our present seats. Ii is sealed to us
BIZ the bones OF our fathers. They obtain
ed il by their blood. Our bones shall lie
beside theirs. II is the heritage Of the Al.
mighty. He gave titus. He il is must take
| II from us.
Father:
We mean no threat by this. We know we
are in the hands OF our white brothers, they
can destroy US with ease. But they need
not think to persuade US to part with our
lands.-As free men, we claim the right 10
choose between being killed outright, or
lingering execution, by being driven thou
sand miles into the wilderness. Where.
father, where would our white brothers
have us 60 ! The Indian claim to land is put
out for mere than thousand miles to The
west, except little plots for particular ma
| lions.
Father:
We have confidence in you: you cannot
see your red children with their little ones
driven off their land by stealth and fraud,
leaving the sepulchres OF their fathers, their
farms, their farming tools and cattle, dying
by families on The road, through hardship
and privation. Exchanging all the advan-
ces to civilation, and all IFS comforts for
the hardships Of the chase without house or
friend.
Father
We have confidence in you; that if you
lrs, any ue'nce formed against US, you VIII
Illustrate Iry u, ana succor your red chidren.-
we nave secelved no man; we have wrong
cd no man. Our language has been one
we choose not TO part with our land. IL we
nave oeen needlessly alarmed, you will
ply our ignorance, and forgive our childish
fears.
rather:
A
character OF our agent is OF great impor-
lance 10 US. lfany come 10 you Tor the Of
nee, having our request 10 recommend
, W. we " ,;,,, 70 Si'nnraw lnat request.
CT :a. 81 L,'''e ,h'o Whltc men, tna' we
w. nGapdo'e .. choosing lor ourselves.
h. can ,r,t ~. and ,1I a 70 I1oo "d man ,A'