Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-25


The following Talk was delivered he "a
J"I NreeK warrior, said to be more than hun
80" yIs OF age at council of the chiefs, head
~ S' anu isoIs oi Tho Creek nation convened for
the purpose oil receiving the Talk of the President
on the SUBJECT OF vacatIng their lands 49, a.
communication of the Presidcn,'s 'Tnlk 80. Try
Savannah Mercury by the agent a profound :;Ionno
OF many minutes ensued. when the aged warr
supported by two young men, and spoke az foIloyvS
DrouterG We have heard the talk of our rra,,
iater very kind he says he loves his red cdren
Brothers' have listened To many talks from onr
great father When he first came Ger the wide
waters, he was but little man, and wore u red coat
Our chiefs met him on the banks of Savannah river
ana smoked with hum the pipe of peace He was
then very little. Ills legs cramped By sitting
song III MS big boat, and he begged for little landto
tent MS ne on. lie said he had come over the
wide water TO teach Indians new things and 70 make
'hen happy. lie said he loved his red brothers; he
was kind.
MuscOgees gave the white man land. and kindled
MN IRE, that he might warm himself and when his
enemies. the pale faces of the south made war ON
hiin' Their young MN drew the tomahawk and pro-
'ccted his head from the scalpng knife But when
The white man had warmed himself beore the Ind;an,.
fire. and filed himself with thcir homnv he becon
very large With step lac bcirod the mountains
and his feet covered the plain and hckaliies. His
hands grasped the easternSand the western sea- and
ils head rested on the moon. Then he becar,a our
great father. lie loved his red children and hc
,uet little farther, lest tread ON thee With one
loot ne pushed the rcd over the Oconee and witt
the other he tramped down the graves Of his fnters
and the forest where he had so long hunted the dccr
tut oar great Father still loved his rcd children and
he soon made 10 them another talk. lie said Got
Httie farther: you too near me- But there was
some bad men among the Muscurees then as thcre
are now. They fingered around the graves of their
ancestors tul they We're crushed beneath the heavy
tread oil our great father. Their teeth perced his
feet aud made him angry. Yet he continued TO love
MS rcd ch!dren and when ne found them too slow in
moving he sent his great guns before him to sweep
his path.
Brohers! have listened To a great many talks
from our great father Blu, they nlwavs beUan and
ended IN tIs'Gc, little farther: YOU are too near
mo-
Brothers. Oar great faiher saws that e,yhe,e we
now are white brothers hire nI,rgys claimed ~ .
iGnd. lie speaks with strait tongue and canno,
le But when he first came over tn, viii, ,v,tors
Whle ne was yet small, and stood before the preat
cliei at the council of Yamucrlw Bluff he slid
1--WE me little land, which you can sparc and
will pay you for it,
Broaters! When our great father made us = talk
Oh former occasion, and said, Get little farther
90 beyond the Oconcc, the OakmulOre tbora j. -
pleasant country, he also said IL shall Le nom, far,
eeer. have listened to his present talk lie "a vs
the land where you now live is not yours Go he
yond the Mississippi; there is game; and vou may
remain while the grass grows the waters run
nrot1erS' VIII not our great father come there also,
lie loves his red children. He speaks with srnirit
tongue, and will not le.
BroHers! Our great father saws thai our b,I
men have made his heart bleed. for the murder ot
one OF his white children. Yet where are tho rod
mon which he loves, once rs numerous as tio Io,c
of the forest! how many have been murdered he hs
warriors How many have been crushed beneath his
own footsteps, - "'
B10McTs! Oar great CItlcr says we mast go no.
yund the Mississippi. We shall there h, und,r li
care and experience his kindness. lie is very good
W have felt It all before!
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