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


Iy 9 ertaihed, and who spoke Of the 9
economy of ,tis school in terms Of high
eoumendation.
The Indians are mostly favorable to
the missions. MIR. Hoyt Is known a.
mong them by the appellaticn of the
good man; aud some profess to love to
hear The good book talk, as they term
reading the Bible. Every where the
mission family are treated by the In-
dians with great respect aud affection,
and they win rarely receive pay from
them, for what they are accustomed to
consider as sources Of profit, and sub.
jects of charge upon travellers. This
is not the unmeanins politeuess with
which indians have been charged. 1t
is a very emphatic expression of their
sense of the dis;nterested and useful
labors Of the missionaries. A little
circumstance which tOok place few
days before was at the school, speaks
very distinctly the sentiments which
prevail. An old Indian woman, who
seemed not to have vestige of civil.
cation, brought a little savage, her
grandson, to place at the school,
When the former was about to depart,
she wept so much over her child, who
cried to accompany her, that MIR. Hoyt
apprehended she would not leave him,
and, through an Interpreter. assured
her that be would in Il few days he re.
conciled to his situation. She replied.
that she had no intention out TO leave
him. that the parting was very painful
10 her, but she too well knew wha /.
was for the child. good. Al Indian
who had once been to visit the Presi.
dent at Washington, told me that cisi
lization had made the white people
great, but Ignorance mad made the Ia.
dams dwindIe away to nothing. Must
OF thnse with whom conversed, seem
ed TO feel the sentiments Of satriotism
strong in their bosoms, 10 deplore the
fall of their once wide extended aud
powerful nation, aud to be anxious tina,
the little Of it which remained should
be saved from annihilation. Who. that
himself enjoys the. comforts of eiviIi
zed life and the consolations of reii.
sion, and knows the wants and capabi
lilies of these people, would withhold
contribution 20 u purpose so beneG.
cent and full of merritt
One or two facts will enable all.
judge for themselves of the teachabfe-
ness OF their dispositions, and Of their
capacities for requirement. A wild,
naked-legsed boy, eight years old, ma
med Chees guam ee-tah, or, young
bird, who couldspeak nothing but Che
rokee, came for the first time into the
'choql ON the day on which Waited it.
aud taught him the alphabet three
or tour. times over, using some devices
to Impress the lettsrs riore strongly on
his memory, in one of which / was as
sisted by beautiful and sprightly lit
tie girl who told me she was The Black
warriors daughter, aud named Polly
BisckwOoh. This was to place the
letters o,e,u together, the pronunciation
of which in the Cherokee tongue signi
fes good. which / made him under
stand was applicable to him. The lit
tie girl who spoke Eagl;sh tolerabIy,
in playful ma.Der, with a look full
of arch simplicity, told me her mother
seldom applied it to her, hut much Of.
tener word, Of which I have now for
COTTON the Indian, that sisDified bad.
At night the boy distinctly remember
ed seven letters of the alphabet.
A little girl by the name of Jenny
Reece bad been six weeks in the school,
and could spell. very we'll in words o.
three letters, and yet had nevor, in con
yersetion, been heard to utter a word
of English. II is remarkable of the
Indians that when they commence ex-
pressing their IDEAS and wants in Eng.
lish, they in time surprisingly short,
speak very distinctly: Bnt they can.
not be persuaded 60 speak until COR
seiOus Of their ability 80 do it weii;-a.
ffaid, l suppose, Of drawing upon
themselves, ridicDle, aud indeed their
first essays are calculated TO excite n
smile in many, wbea the ardour Of
their anxiety TO be understood, prompts
them to premature efforts. Like the
Greeks and Romans, they placed the
object before The agent. l heard this
from boy sn&ious to Soto the store
on mail day. "Store go to who?
want sOme 20 me-" IL was predict
ed from their usual progress, that
this boy would speak correctly in u
month.
The mention Of Jenny Reece brings her
fathers name and merit before me, and
hope to be pardoped for a passing notice Of
him, though apparently very remotely, If at
all in come xion with the school This man,
CharIy Resce was very distinguished var
rior and one Of the three Indians, who at the
battle of the Horse Shoe, swain the river in