Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-08-06

OF the South, made war on him, their young
men drew the tomahawk, and protected his
head from the scalping knife.f But when the
white man had warmed himself before the In
dams fire, and filed himself with their hon.
my, he became very large. With a step he
bestrode the mountains, and his feet covered
the plains and the valles. His hands grasped
the Eastern and the Western sea, and his
head rested on the moon. Then he became
our great father. He loved his red children
and he said, Get little farther, lest tread
on thee" With one foot he pushed the red
man over the Oconee. and with the other he
trampled down the graves of his fathers, and
the forests where he had so long hunted the
deer. But our great father still loved his red
children, and he soon made to them another
talk. He said, "Get little further; YOU are
too near me-" But there were some bad men
among the Muscogees then, as there are now.
They fingered around the graves Of their an
cestors. till they were crushed beneath the
heavy tread of our great father Their teeth
pierced his feet, and made him angry. Yet
he continued to love his red children; and
when he found them too slow in moving,
he sent his great guns before him to sweep
his path.'t
Brothers! have listened to great MANY
talks from our great father. But they always
began and ended in this" Get little farther:
| you are too near me.''
Brothers! Our great father says that
| "where we now are, our white brothers haze
0lrays claimed the land" He speaks with a
straight tongue. and cannot lie. But when
he first came over the wide waters, while he
was yet small, and stood before the great
Chief at the Council on Yamacram Bluff, he
said" Give me a little land, which you can
spare and Twill pay you for it'll
Brothers : When our great father made
US talk on a former occasion, and said" Get
little farther; go beyond the Oconee, the
OcmuIgee; there is pleasant country" he
also said, 1T shall be yours forever" have
listened to his present talk. He says the land
where you now live is not yours. Go beyond
the Mississippi; there is game; and you may
remain while the grass grows. or the water
runs.-Brothers! Will not our great father
come there also He loves his red children.
He speaks with straight tongue, and will not
lie.
Brothers! Our great father says that our
bad men have made his heart bleed for the
| murder Of one Of his white children. Yet
where are the red men which he loves, once
as numerous as the leaves 0f the forest? How
many have been murdered by his warriors
How many have been crushed beneath his
own footsteps?
| Brothers! Our great father says we must
I go beyond the Mississippi. We shall there
be under his care, and experience his kind
ness. He is very good We have felt it all
before
Brothers! Ihave done.
Notes By the Translator.
"MCalI's History Of Georgia, vol. l. tIbid.
see The History Of the Seminole War and Battle
OF the Horse Shoe Niles Register, vol vi. and other
| campaigns. \ Vide the early Indian treaties
CURIOUS INDIAN TRADITION.
In their last treaty with the Florida Indians.
the government Of the United States agreed
to allow 81 900 year to support teacher a.
nong them at Tampa Bay; Governor Du-
val states that ut council recently called, the
Indians declined receiving teacher, because,
"as far as their observation extended, learn
ing had made those Indians who had received
It, great rascals,' having enabled them to
sign away the lands of the rest without their
knowledge or consent. They say also that
the Great Spirit intended them for warriors
and hunters, and gave in proof the following
tradition.
The Great Spirit, they say, first made the d,
black man, but did not like him; he then
made the red man was better pleased with
him, but not entirely satisfied; he then made
\ NuC WAubG As0Ip dlu was very InuCu pbGdS4U
with him. He then summoned all three in
his presence. Near him were three great
| boxes, one containing hoes, axes, and other
agricultural and working implements. In an
| other were spears, arrows, tomahawks, &C.. (;
and in the third, books, maps, charts. &c.
He called the white imam first, and bid him
choose. He advanced, attentively surveyed
each Of the boxes, passed by that filed with
working implements, and drew that in which
were tomahawks, spears, &c. Then the In
dams heart sunk within him. The white
man however passed it by, and chose that in
which were the books, maps, &c. Then they
say the Indians heart leaped for JOY. The
red man was next summoned to make his
choice. He advanced, and without hesita-
ton, chose the box containing the war and
hunting implements. The other box was
therefore left for the black man. The desti-
MES Of each were thus fixed, and il was inn
possible to change them. They inferred,
therefore, that learning was for the white man,
war and hunting for the Indian, and labor for
the poor negro.
Do you print for the masons 2" ask
ed good natured, Yankee Doodle sort Of
fellow, the other day, who had strolled,
into our Office, and seated himself I" No
SIR" we answered. 81 heard them say
4 N NJ.