Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-10-06

| have seen to much Of the benign effects Of
religion 10 withhold from Il this testimonial
In its favor. am convinced fth. very great
and essential Importance of its principles and
doctrines to civilization. The Chinese can
make pots and the Turks Carpets, but rhsv
are barbarians, and neither science nor man.
ners will ever obtain there, until the dome..
tic fireside become the place where conf.
dence can repose itself, where the best and
.holiest affection of ONT nature can find their
solace, and where the infant mind will be
formed under the influence Of precept and
examples, Polygemy is at eternal and ire.
concieable war with civilization.
L had almost forgotten 60 say. that there
10 one certainly, AMI believe two schools in
the nation, supported and pstronized exclu.
sively by the Indians 1 visited one of the
patrons. He complained much of the moral
character of the master. and said he had seen
him drunk, even on the Sabbath, and threat. :,
'ened 10 dismiss him. This teacher, a na.iy,
OF Europe, had the comtron stipend Of couny
try schoolmasters allowed him, was permit.
ted to cultivate as much ground as he please
ed, and had good oamber Of scholars; but
the Indians were scandaized at his irregulari-
ties. and l expect, if they failed to civilize
him, they would, as they threatened, dis.
charge him. neither saw the teacher nor,
his school.
1t would swell this article beyond the limits
prescribed to il were TO speak of the cha.
racter and manners of the Indians, and it
would besides, bs foreign 10 the objec; for
which commenced it. will therefore on.
ly say in few words, that found them eve.
~ where kind and obliging in their 2eport.
men. and correc, in their conduct; that in
their houses, and entered not q few, OBJ
sprt- aH al
neatness that indicated comfort. The wo.
! men seemed very Industrious in various do
nestle employments, and the men much
more so in their agricultural pursuits than in
any Indian nation had ever visited. Many
o! them had considerable plantations, and
two, a, whose houses l was, owned several
negroes and employed white men as cverseer.:
and all had horses and cattle, and many Of
them carts and wagons. Every thing mani
tested the progress of civilization aud the
pract'cability of its soon attaining the ordinae
~ degrees Of perfection.
Possibly this brief exposition Of facts and
circuH stances, new to many, will excite in
the benevolent desire to strengthen the
hands of those employed in this work OF ns
struct'on, aud of giving them the msans Of
more extended and general usefulness The
education of the Cherokees will only be limi-
ted by the ability TO found and support schools.
have no correspondence with the board of
missions, but presume donations 10 their trea.
uFer In Boston. Jeremiah Evarts, will bes
acceptable. !, Is equally likely that the Mo.
ravian Society Of Salem n. C.. would not re-
fuse beaefac;ions. though they have neyor
asked contributions. The good they have
done has been their own and il has been done
wthou: osten; alton. was told thar plain
ready made clothing for boys, particularly
hunting shirte and taow.ers was much yants
ed. DR.. Strong Of Knoxville, A. J Hunting.
ton If Augusta, G. c. Danning Of Savaur al,
sad the superintendent. of india affair, as
Washington city WILL remit any thing to tie
Mission house at ChickamsGguh, that 10
committed to their care. add this parse
graph at the suggestion of traveller, now
confined in this city BY sickness, who obser-
we'd to US yesterday, that tie good deeds of
many Je'E short Of their 6enefcent g0sshes
from not knoaping horo and ar6ere 10 disc
pense their Lje5aIifies.