The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-09-05

Jacket and Tecumseh. he was the foe
of white men. But, unlike them, his
life was unstained by treachery or dis
honour.
The name he assumed was altogether
arbitrary. Farmers Brother was a war
rior. He spurned agriculture and the
arts of civilized life. In his friendships
he was ardent and sincere !. in his enmi-
ties, inveterate and ferocious. War
was his trade. His palace, the gloomi-
est thicket of the forest. He was brave
in fight and wise in council. His soul
dIsdained the usual arts of savage cum
ming, and intemperance was a vice of
which he was never guilty. He was
born a Prince. With legitimacy as sa-
cred as any of the potentates of Laybach,
he surpassed them in all those noble
qualities that adorn the great and digni-
fly the brave. His eloquence was man
ly and commanding. 1t did not, indeed,
possess the fire and sublimity which dis
tiAguished that of his compeer; but the
superior weight of his character gave
him transcendent influence in the
councils Of his tribe. Farmers Brother
and Red Jacket, were chiefs of the Six
Nations.-They were competitors for
savage slory.-They held an equal
sway, but trod an unequal course. Red
Jacket survives; but his fame is tarnish-
ed by cpwardice, intemperance and
treachery twas only at the 6 Coun-
Gil fire. that he shone pre-eminent.
There indeed, he was great. The
belittlhg simplicity of his name did not
seem TO detract from the splendour of
his 4losuence.
dore than thirty years have rolled
away since treaty was held on the
BEAUTIFUL activity that overlooks the
Canandaigua lake. The witnesses of
the scene will never forget the powers
If native oratory. Two days had pass
ed away in negotiation with the Indians
for cession of their lands. The con-
tact was nearly completed when Red
Jacket arose. With the grace and dig.
nifty of a Roman senator, he drew his
blanket around him, and with piercing
eye he surveyed the multitude. All
was hushed. Nothing interposed to
break the silence, save the gentle rust
ling of the tree tops, under whose shade
they wer gathered. After long and
solemn, put not an unmeaning pause,
he commenced bis speech in low and
sententiols style. Rising gradually with
the subject, he depicted the primitive
simplicity and happiness of his nation,
and the wrongs they had sustained from
the usurFation of white men, with such
a bold and faithful pencil, that every
auditor was soon reused to vengeance
or melted into tears. The effect was
ineXpressibIe. But ere the emotions of
admiration and sympathy had subsidized,
the white men became alarmed. They
were In the heart of an Indian country,
surrounded by more than ten times their
number, who were inflamed by the re-
membrane of their injuries, and excit.
ed to Indignation by the eloquence of
their faYounte chief. Appalled, and
terrified, the white men cast cherries
gaze upon the hordes around them. A,
nod from the chiefs might be the onset
of destruction.
AT that portentous moment, Farmers
Brother ihterposed. He replied not to
his brother chief, but with sagacity
truly aboriginal, he caused cessation
of the council, introduced good cheer,
commended the eloquence of Red Jack
ct, and before the meeting had re-assem-
bled, with the aid of other prudent
chiefs, he had moderated the fury of his
nation to more salutary review of the
question before them. Suffice it to say,
the treatywas concluded; and the west
en district at this day owes no small
portion of its power and influence to the
councils of a savage, in comparison with
whom, for genius, heroism, virtue, or a.
ny other quality that can adorn the bau.
bic OF diadem, not only George w.
and Louis lie Desire, but the German
Efnperour and the Car of .Muscoyy,
alike dwindle to insigni6cance.
THE FAN.