Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-05

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THE EXILE OF THE INDIANS.
By Gsoass w. p. Crsrrs. Esq of Arlngton.-Inse rib
ed to Mrs. LInIA II. SIsouRSrr
" Tie Eagle suffers little bird, TO sing "-saAx
Has III c fla. gone FORTH Must the poor Indian roam
Afar from the hear.hs and the tombs Of his sres
And, seeking in some distant region a home.
Agsin in Wilderness kndle his fires,
And shall IIe who sits the bright throne Of Heavn
With all human kind in his parental care,
BE deafto the plant of The Red Man. thus driv n
Away from his 5r,hrght' My country beware!
Ill
The Indian's egen'rate no longer the bold.
The Proud Forest Chief who, before his sad fall,
H.d world for his empire uncontrolled,
The iortIly possessor, and monarch Of all.
lie has faI'n, indeed frum his once high estate,
The CLEAN OF his glory forever has faded,
And viii no gen'rous spirits pity his fate,
A Noble of Nature thus lowiy degraded
H. H.
Came sea- be aten strangers tie hastned to meet them
Babe them enter the wgwam, share in its store
And RICH, hand friendship extended to greet them.
VI
when a,'rice these first hardy mariners sent
The perls of unvoysged oceans to brave,
They found rude people, mild. happy, content.
Mid blessings AMI bcun,ies Providence gave
VII
As he emblem ct f resss s and the savage adore IT,
Then slew the poor natives, while kneeling before j.
And by Rapine completed what Treach'ry began.
VIII.
Twas thus did these palhd Adventures unfold
Why left the fair regions where all Nature smiled,
New worlds to discover, in search of their gold,
And to conquer world where all Nature Wild.
When the Indian aroused him, and dared the strife
With vslor that shone i'm his fames early morning,
vac 'ous"' '--&;- country with war to the knife"
The danger and destl-stroke aanntedly scorning.
All vain was his courage, the victors keenbrand
Has hewn 'mong the Red Men, So ample space,
That Pacific lone desoate strand
Will wander the last ola once mighty race.
XI.
For shame, oh my country-be noble and Just,
The Indians oh think OF how much thoust bereft tem
Then still to tread these poor worms to the dust
To wiring from their the little you've left them
Is our Empire small, that from absolute need,
We wrest from the Savage, bis dresry domain,
That "enriches not us, but makes him poor indeed"
And all from the lust of dominion and gain.
Where. where is your Chief, who the Red Man be.
friended,
That wsest in council, the brsvest of bravel
lie sleeps in the soil his vslor defended.
The tears of the Rcd Man still fall on his grave.
XIV.
When the Indians were hu,ubled, and low bent the
knee,
Their ,;reat father was touched by the woes that
disturbed them,
Babe them go to their deserts, be happy and free.
Nor fear the White Man would ever modest them !
XIV.
The Eagle should suffer the led bird to sing.
Mid hsunts in the forests. and on the " lid shore,
Aud shelter beneath her magnificent wing,
Poor native songsters, that will soon sing no more.
coMMUNICATED.
Mr.. Editor-So far as l know myself, your
correspondent sold Times" is under no mis-
take, when he speaks of me as candid maa.-
My only Objectin any discussion is trmh-in Or
der that, ascertanng what it is, may then be
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