Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-20

ton OF his merits, 10 become tue III a. TO-.
gedisn OF the day.
And so with our charity. we nave zone
much for the Greeks; and though we nave
plundered them indi' idualiy, rather more Una"
we have PR fitted them collec lively, yet we nave
upon the whole gained some honour. mere
can he little risk, however, OF bestowing our
charity unworthilv; though all who know the
Greeks, except those who have been. prejudice
ed by the exer,ion Of benevolence in their Ia
YOUR, represent them as vile aud worthless
so long as we con6ne ourselves to feeding the
hungry and clothing the naked. But before
we do even This. we should first lind oni Whe-
Their there be no hungry and naked al home
|, would seem from the American oil last wed
nesday that there are; and that even within the
bounds aries Of our own STATE, there are those
who 90 baretoottd and half naked IN winter.
To the Greeks we owe little; something, per-
haps, for their imperfect patterns OF civil hoes-
~: something for the examples OF their heroes
and patriots; something for the literary lore
beouea,hed by sages and poets: hut what 10
we not owe to the dwindlrd remnant OF those
Indians, to whose abandonment In our favour,
Of the soil we now live in, we are indebted Tor
our very existence. 1t may be said that we
owe thr m nothing. mas much as we made lair
barpaio with them; and tina, il they sold their
| bir,hriyh,. it was not without an equivalent.
| AWAY with The s"phis;Iy! What, indeed, but
right down Wall-s,reet bargain could it be,
between civilized man rendered keen by avIdi
~, and The savage made drunk for the occa-
sion?
The powder and the guns which we gave as
an equiv alent, they have expended IN shooung
each other; our rum has drowntd thousands Oh
them, BODY and soul But the soil, their birth :
riph, sill remains 10 US; it has been developed
by our industry; and this development has
called new millions ofus into being, who are
row in the enjoyment Of ease, comfort, and
luxury. And even if il be urged that his in
ustice is The necessary consequence OF every
collision between civilization ard barbarity, yet
| VIVA, "a claim is this upon the consideration oil
the civilized!
| should not perhaps, have thought much OF
this matter, had not CHANGED TO pass Sunday
last summer al Oneida Castle, where, with
| friend, shared the pleasure OF attending public
worship a, the church Of the settlement, The
stage had SET US down al the village inn, very
near The hour Of worship; but by crossing the
fields, We were able to reach the church ERE the
sound had left the bell. We found small and
simple edifice, with spire and painted windows,
standing upon slope to the right Of the highs
b
surrounded by he verdure Of the meadows, aud
The darker foi,agr of he intervening fruit trees.
ire ,noiJrss whIle seemed no unit emblem OF
III, nnrity Of its uses. There were no louD-
gers about The door, 10 peer into the faces oil
dame or maiden; hut il was besIegrd on every
side by an assortment If gaunt and wolf looking
dogs which, like their masters, had made sui
small ad,ancrs towards civilization. They
showed ,,,e knowledge Of the sancri,y OF the
place, pc reforming all sorts Of unbec"ming an
tics about -lhs, -daoGMsy. strfsslee Il rad
commenced, 10 The precincts of the altar, until
the Interpreter, stout Indian, adapting his
language 10 the capacity Of the pariy, srLole
him on the head with a twisted cudgeI The
dog Sc, up fearful howl, he preacher was
perplfxed the old Indians Looked grave, the
boys Uttered; the women were mostly squaw3,
and knew nothing Of Mysteries.
! On entering he church We found few peo.
| pie OF our own colour seated together; hut the
| body OF the building was occupied by Indians
As the men and women came separately, SO
they occupied distinct si,uaIions--the men be.
ing seated on the right side, the women on the
left. Some Of the Indians were dressed entirely
IN our fashion; bu more wore fantastic as
semhlage OF national and adopted cos'ume.-
The embroidered Logging, not of deer SKIN, but
especially the wampum belt, told of former US
ages But their upper garments had grown
out Of their association with the whites, and
had doubtless been adopted from sense Of su
p"rIor convenience. These consisted of a shirt
and frock coat, 10 cover the deficiency Of the
Logging, which only ascends lille above the
knee was at first much perplex-d TO disco
yer why the semi-sarages in the west, were so
partial to frock coats, until one day saw a |
Seneca wadng into Lake Erie with a FISH |
pole in his hand, and his skirts rolled up, when
the matter was at once explained 10 me. The |
women preserved more of their original cos.
tune than the men; perhaps, because, from
their excluded lite, they have come less IN con,
tao. With strangers; perhaps, because their
original garb was more similar 70 that Of their
white sisters. the dress Of women VARYING but
little in every age and country II consisted Of
b'au'if'ul cloth Logging, embroidered with silk
aud porcupins qniIls, and confined at the ankle
with brooch OF silver, mockasin similarly
ornamented, and t ling over like a bus
kin; pet,icoa' Of blue or black cloth, and
a IF oh Il.