The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-12-02

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parties" The session of the Legislature,
II is said, will be stormy and protracted.
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Ertrdc, ola letter from Gentleman IN The
UtStern Country
was pleased with the insertion in
your paper Of the letter from St. Louis on
the Arlcaree war. Ii accords well with my
own feelings. | have been in pain ever
since that unfighteous war commenced. |
have been much with the Indians, aud have
had many causes TO admire the simple
habits of these children of the new world.
They are simply the most brave and gene
rous people in it, with a spirit somewhat
bent, hut not broken by the oppression of
ihr whites. No people OH earth have bern
more wronged-no people al this moment
arr suffering more wrong. But you view
them rs Barbarans, To when one forest is
As good as another, and drive them as you
would wolves, from wood To wood, river to
river, and lake 10 Lake, as beings incapable
of feelings, and void of those attachments,
which, bind man. with all their endear-
mrnts, Ia his home. How fondly do we rccur
To the recollection, ofcHch hill, each vale &
river and mountain, where We gamboled in
our boy hood ! can assure you, they are
net void of those fe.lngs---tl.ey possess
them in a high degree, AND there is no
wrong you do them, which they do not feel
most sensbly as they cannot contend,
they are compelled to submit
The late war against the Aricarces
was most iniquteus--I abhor It'll abhor
all the authors oft. Who is this General
Ashly, for whsn this infamous war has
been waged Z What was his object oil
pursuit in their country II was plumber
give To il what name or colour you will
] say it was robbery. No man viii con
tend that hls object was trade-fhere was
20 use for 100 men on a trading party
| No Gentlemen, his object was 10 trap 3
Ii was moi 10 trade that he tonk such a
number of men with him, but to hunt
The land in that country, IF aplace on the
habitable globe you will allow them at all,
belongs to the Indians. The game that
il on it, belongs TO them. 1t is as much
theirs, as the corn and the cattle on oui
farms is ours. 1t iss their subsistence and
their elo' hing, andihad been with the Ari
carees, should ,haye joined with them a I'd
opposed the plumber and robbery of this
Gen. Ashley This company, it seems
had killed some of their men too. They
nobiy and generously warned him-tlat h,
should not pass, NATL satisfaction was had
for their murder. They received a reply
by taunt and insult. My God is not this
all, that even our own dear civilized ma
lures could bear. What would you have .
child untutored in your ways to do?
should have despiscd these Indians had
they acted otherwise than they did. Yot
know not the warm and generous klndncs,
of these people-you have not seen then
IN their native woods interrupted with tn,
vices of the whites, and uutrammelcd will
their cold and forbdding customs. TAX,
am Indian through our market and then tel
him, that there are pc ople in the same cit,
who are suffering for provisions, and h,
will laugh at you, neutrality-suspicious.,
him of the fact, and he will turn with hor
ror and disgust from you--he, this savage
who would divide his crumb with his dog
would abhor your civilized meH."