Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-21

(Continuea,)
have been of ell askc,i, Haze the In-
diGns any anuaety TO support the Gospel
da.oly themselves ! And am glad to say
1hat these poor people are doing more, by
fifty times, than we are doing in this land
q; evangelical institutions, and influences.
Tie Cherokee Bible Society, which Is aux
i;atv to the American Bible Society," have
.l;scd considerable sums. They are at
tempting 70 supply their ownpeoplc with the
Scrip ureS, and propose also to distribute
: iile written word OF God among contiguous
trib.s. And some oI' the young men are
: lying the languages Of tribes with which
,ncy u.g,. oncn at war, in order to aid more
ctftcldy,ily III prop;,sa.i@g the Gospel among
t.r.m.
attended TIC anniversary ot a Bible
: ,cietv which was held at the close ot
,rotr,ctcd meeting. The President, grey
i.eaded Indian, first lcdn PRAYER: then d.
rec;ted the minutes to be read, ami called on
seyccll persons for addresses; after which
subscribers were requested TO pay their
con ributions. was dcliberatng whether
20 rive so cents or a dollar, which suppo-
5 d was about enough for, a missionary,
and was near the standard otnanv bensv-
olcnt societies among while people, but |
WIS ashamed. when sawthcsc poor people
come forward and contribute. some fro,
snne Mrec. four, fire or SIR dollars. Among
tlein was poor woman. eighty years OF
agc. who had subscribed two dollars some
months before, when she had not a cent in
hand. In order TO procure money, she cul-
tva ed htIc spot with her own hands, and
raised small crop of corn. and reserved as
lnucn us wnen sold, would pay the subscrip-
ton. A drover coming along, she sold him
tue corn Tor tMo silver dollars. He was
whe man and Christian she Supposed
bu. waen she came forward 10 lay down
the morey-";.n her living"-lo it was
discovered that it was counterfeit.
received letter lately from mission
arv, descrbiHg a meeting of a Missionary
Sociry. am h-Choctaws, held al Noun
in nok, :, he meeting S75 were paid
,'nwa, a. So 5lore subscribed. Yet there
is D.. haps 10, man here, who is not the
owner OF more property than the whole of
that Society :osc.aer. They procured the
money by CARVING the corn which their
own hanis had raised, On their backs, TIL
they found trader who would give money
ior t.
Thcre arc may thousands Of these peo-
pie who are so accessible 10 the Gospel;
and who, even among the most savage
tribes, bccomcs very deeply interested mthe
Gospel, if they are approached in proper
1,nner. A fac, in point. went in com+
INV with three or four brethren, on a
areachng excursion. 10 the towns ofthe Os-
res. At the frs; village we approached,
We encountered large company just re-
rurned from victorious expedition against
ne Pawnees. They were intoxicated with
success; they had destroyed a town. and
bro rght off six hundred scalps, together
wrh a bag full ofscalps of white men, (sup-
posed 10 belong to party oflndian trappers
who were missing,) ofwhich they had plum.
,ered he Pawnees.
A shn Indians have The impression, that
.ie missionaries have some aut forl v. asIt
'1cr were agents of 'he United States Go.
.crameut, they will listen TO us when we
:. an, with apparen; respect. Several nd.
sos were made 10 them: and as may
be supposed. mainly against war--ths
soon found was unpalatable doctrine. Their
ears were closed, and their heads turned
away, impatientIy. No effect seemed to
be producad, and the assembly was dis.
,rieSr'l.
The indians then prepared TO hold
grand seal p dance; this is religious cere-
mony in honor Of the god Of war. The
scalps were hung alof upon pole; and Il
large fire being kindled, they danced
around it, to the sound of rough music, till
midnight. The missionaries went 10 the
lolge prepared for them to sleep; but |
coull no. rs. Finding an interpreter, |
returned 20 tc r:.Ycl. And taking advan-
lago of pau" n tle,., dancing, lifted up
nv vocr, so us to be hard by them all, and
exclaimed,
ii am for war! want to make a war.
p1ry." (Hcre was great shout.) 81 am
going to make a war-;alk." (Again they
shouted: d:--when. alluding to thei. -ustoms,
procnedad.) "My text or starting point,
will take from the good book" (Here
again they shouted as if rejoicing that a
missionary and the good book were in favor
ofwar and they then pressed close around
me. listening with brea,hless attention.) |
proceeded, and announced my text, Eight
the cool fight of faith;" after which gave
them a discourse, Of which the following is
al outline.
l. Who is the leader in this war? Not
Mad Buffnloc. nor other chiefs whom !