Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-10

sbilsnsd b e. frs.is Of more than az hundred
.intsrs,"a short time since. at a council Of tho
head u,en aud warriors of HE tribe. in relation
o their re n,oval west Of the Mississippi. II is
replpie with true eloiuence and indignant feel
ing-oniy exceeded by is just and ~aherinG
sarcasm -
SPEECH
Brothcysi Thavo listened IN many talks from
our Great Father. When lie 6rsl came over
the wide waters he. ~as but l,tlle msD, aud
anre red coat. Cur Chiefs met him on the
bank. o. the river 5asaLnab, aud smoked nh
him the pipe of peace. he vns then very Ill
lie. Hs legs were efamped by sitting long in
his big boat and he begged fer "A little land TO
light his ERE on. lie said he had come over the
wide waters TO teach lndiass nev things and 10
make them happy. He said he loved his red
brothers he was very kind.
The Moscogees gave the White man land, and
kindIrd him a fire. thai he mi hi warm himself;
and when his enemies, the pale lsces of the
South, made war on him. their young meu DIRE"
the to,nahawk, and protected his head from the
scalping knife. Bn, when the white inap had
warmed himself before the indians fire. and
filled himself with their honniny, he became We
Trims, aud his ieet covered the plains and the
sailies. His hands grasped Oh. eastern aud The
western .ea, aud his head rested on the noun.
Thea lie became our Great Father. He loved
his red children, aud he sa i'd a Get little fur
Their, lest l tread on thee With one foot he
pushed the red man over the Oconee and with
the other he tramped down the graves of his
fathers and the forests where he had SO long
hunted the deer. But our Great Father still
lived his red children, and soon made them
anoiher talk. He said =. Get a little further
YOU are too near me." But there were some
bad men among the NJ ,scog"es lhen, as there
are now. They fingered aroun the raves OF
their ancestors I'LL they we're crus ed b. nea h
the heavy tread ofour Grea, Fathe 'Heirteetl
pierced his ieei and made him angr, Yet, he
continued 10 love his red children; and when
hr found them TOO slow IN moving, he sent his
great guns before him 10 sweep his path.
Brothers! | have listened TO n great many
talks from our Grra, Father. But they always
began aud ended in this. "Get little further /;
you nre too near me
Brothers Our great faihef SAYS that where
we now are, our white brothers hare ai,edys
claimed the land He speaks with a straight
tongue, Il cannot lie. But when he first came
over he wide waters, while he was yet small,
and STOOD before the great chei at the coun-
Gil on Yamacraw Bluff, he said - Give me a
little land, which yon can 'p,re and will pay
you for it,"
Brothers When our great father made us a
talk, an a former occasion aud said, Get n
iiite further ; go beyond the Ocnnee, the
Ocmnieer there is pleasant country he al
- sad, II shall be yours toTsrer,' have listen
ed 10 his re-eni Talk. Hr says the land where
geu nov live il no yours Co hey ona The MIS-
sissipni there Is game ana You my remain
whuc M erss grows or the water runs. Bro
heTs VII not our eat tr'her come there
| also he loves his ,ed children. lie speaks
with suatght tongns, and will not lie.
Bro'hsrs : Our great fa,hrr says that our
bad men have made his heart bleed, for the
murder Of one OF his white children. VT
where are the ed cniren which he loves, on &c
as numerous rs the leaves OF the forest How
many have been murdered by his warriors :
How many have been Clushod under nis own
! footsteps
Brothers Our great father says we must z o
beyond the AlsslsSippi-We shall lheic br va.
der his care, and experience IN, kindness.
He is very good We have felt il all before, Bro
Tiers, | have done.