Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-04-27
AFRAGMRNT:


r;or, whiten in the battle field. Give back has
hunting grounds. Restore his villages burned
his wife and children murdered. Keep your
Civilization. ~,
tBut YOU Mould not reject our religion! we
have the book of life The Great Spirit has
told us his will we can read i and be sayed'l
said I.
There was a proud curl on the Chiefs lips,l
he ere kindIed in his aye, as he replied: 4 he
white man is forgetfnl. The Great Spirit has
given him book. He has written his wiilonl
the Red man sheart.
But YOU are in natures darkness. You KNOW
nothing of eruci6ed Redeemed; you know mol
thing Of the way Of Salyation--you must learn
the religion of Jesus, before you can be saved.
White man, have travelled amongst
your people. You quarreL You hight about
religion. You read the words of the Great
Spirit many ways. When the red man sees
YOU agree amongst yourselves, he will listen
.But ours is a religion of peace and love.
Itteaches us we are all brothers; that we should
love each other =.
= . .sWhere are my people! They were diiv-
en- from the graves Of their fathers by your re-
l;gion Of peace and love. White man, when
the Red man sees you love each other, he Will
listen. When he sees you offer the mat TO the
weary hunter, he will ask your religion
aStill YOU will not deny that our churches,
our affairs, our regular worship are desira-
BILE. ~, Hsslt ".
g See that boundless forest! thatis the Red
mans church. See that mountain stream !tha'
leads the Red man to the home OF the Grea'
Spirit. There he finds the hsh--in that forest
the Deer, the Buffalo, the Elk He takes what
he wants. He is thankful. That is the Red
mans worship
q Of re-
nWho teaches the Fawn to seek its dam
the unHedged bird TO nestle under the wings o.
its motheri The lessons Of the Black Goats
make the white people false. The Great Splr
il is good. He loves all his children. Ts
you he has given various arts--you need them
He knew your hearts were deceitful--he ha
written his law for you on paper. Head 1t
be good. The Red man wants no teacher
He has the Great Spirits law in his heart
His pathis straight. The Great Spirit love
him The is thankful
y. g The Great Spirit loves the Red Man--h
win do him good. The Red man is thankful
DO you, know what will become OF 70
when you die!
nOttawa will go to his fathers. There ar
the happy hunting grounds for those who lis
You mean the Red man good, You, have YOU
ways-he has his. Be satisfied. The red ma
is sore. Your people have taken his land
killed his wife and children. Ottawa is alont
When he forgets his wrongs he will listen I
the Black Coat Return to your home. Tn
Great Spirit make your heart true. When h
writes his law on your heart, YOU will know
we'll; you will call the Red man brother. Fare
we'll"
" Thus ends my missionary tour though
I, as the old Chieflcft me. %* ~
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Fishing. FIR dinner.--As Mr.. Cunningham
the pastoral poet, was fishing on a Sunday, !
was observed BY the Rev. Mr.. b. who sever
" rep,imsnded him for thus profaning Il
Sabbath. The poor man heard him with mcel
ness, and replied, IF your dinner was at 81
bottom Of the river, like mine, you would al
gle for it too
Frederick H., King Of Prussia. One eVi
ming. after great battle, Frederick approach
ed FIRE which had been lighted by some {
the grenadiers of his own regiment. The so
diers began to ask him where he had been du
ring the battle. Generally sail they, 20,
lead us yourself where tine FIRE is hottest, Blu
shis time nobody saw you, and it is not rigf
to abandon us so.' The king, in good hu
mored manner, explained to them in what pal
Of the field he had been, and his reason for be
ing there, which had prevented him from be
ing at the head Of his own regiment. AS
began to grow warm, he unbottoned his gres
coat ball dropped out, which he had receiv
Z ed in his clothes. The hole the bail had mad
in the great coat and coat was also perceptible
Upon this, the enthusiasm of the soldiers kne,
no bounds. They cried out with all the tend
erness Of expression belonging to the Germa
tongue to the singular pronoun, You are GU
own. good old Fritz, you share in all our dang
ers with US, we will die for you'll And tn
conversation concluded with three cheers, an
their entreaties to the king to take more car
of his own safety