Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-10-17

We then retired, accompanied by the su-
lperintendent Of Indian trade, into the au-
dience room of the War department, where
the following talk was delivered
To The Chief. the Counsellor, and the
principal Warrior Of the Osages of the
Missouri, nom al Washington.
Brothers-The United Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, 10 the city Of New Y ork,
have heard that some Of the chief men OF
the Usage tribe have come long Journey
from their own council fires to the great
council fire toward the rising sun.
Brothers-We have also heard that you
have come with Talk TO our great Fa-
!ther at Washington: that yon wish him
TO send good men amongst you, to teach
lyou the will of the Great Spirit; to show
you how he made the world; how all ma
Itions are come Of Que blood, aud are
brothers, and must love one another, and
serve the Great Spirit; TO show you what
the Great Spirit is now doing in, and will
hereafter do with the world, and what
white men and red men must do, that the
Great Spirit may love them, and take
care of them, aud do them good for ever.
Brothers-We have heard that you
wish our great father at Washington to
send good men into your cation, to teach
your young men how to plough, and SOW
and reap, and raise bread out of the
ground as the white people do; and how
TO work in iron, TO make ponehs aud
harrows, TO build houses, mills TO grind
your corn, and saw your wood, and to
weave and make clothing for you and
your children; and that you wish him
Ito send out good women, to teach your
young women how TO sew, and knit, and
spin, and TO prepare your food to eat as
the white people eat it; and that you
want good men aud good women to teach
your children how TO read and write, and
number like the white people, SO that
your children may be like our children
and know what they know, and be as
great and happy as they are.
Now Brothers-H Having heard all this,
we were glad. We know that We ought
to do good TO our red brothers; the Great
Spirit has told US to do SO, and will be
angry with us If we do not
The mind Of the Great Spirit was given
to good men who are now dead, and who
wrote it in book, and they have given
that book 10 us, and the Great Spirit has
commanded us to give it 10 others, till the
whole world shall have it aud know it.
This is the reason that many good men
and good women have left their fathers,
and mothers, and friends, aud their homes,
where they had every thing that was good,
and have gone to your brothers on the
Arkansas.
The Great Spirit has now put it Into
your hearts TO come TO our great Father
at Washington for help.
Our great Father loves all bis red chill
dren and white children. He will be glad
to see them all good aud happy. We love
our great Father at w ashington; he knows
who we are; he knows that we will not
hurt his red children, and therefore calls
us to do the will of the Great Spirit, by
doing good TO his red children.
BrotherS--Yo our call sounds loud in our
ears, because youi hands are clean from
blood, and because you have held fast
your covenant with the government.
Brothers-We have sent to you the
Rev. Philip Milledoler, ID. d. He is a
servant of the Great Spirit, and one Of
our counsellors, whom you may love and
trust. He will hear your talk, and will
make covenant with you on all those
things Of which We have spoken. Open
your hearts to our brother, and make him
glad, that when he comes back to us, he
may bring us your good talk, and make
us glad also, that we may do you good
and your children after you, SO long as
your rivers flow, and the sun and moon
shall shine upon the world.
Mem York, July Is, 1920.
(Signed)
Peter Wilson, i 's'''e"'s'
Phi. Milledoler, Foreign Secretary.
q. Lewis, Domestic Secretary.
Pascal N. Strong, Recording Sec'y.
VIM. Wilson, Treasurer.
Managers.
Stephen N. Rowan, M Schoonmaker
Robt. b. E. Mcleod, G. B. Vroom,
G. Spring, r. Havens,
John Borland, Henry Rankin,
Isaac Heyer.
To this talk, Sans Nerf, the principal
Chief, replied as follows:
My Friends You see | am not white
like you; am red--but my heart Is 10
the same place with your heart my blood
is the same colour as your blood; my
limbs are like your limbs; l am an A.
merican.
My Frisnd--I have heard your talk.
| When I 90 to my village. do you think