The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-25

TnE IESuIT,s SERMON.

All pers0as who are IN The least famil.
lar with die early history Of The Wet.
knew with What pure and unIiTing zeal
the Catholic missionaries pursued lie
work af Conversion among The savages.
Before YiTginian had crossed tie Blue
RIIse. aud while The Connecticut was
sill the extreme franiier Of New England.
,aaTe than one MAJ. whose youth had
BEEN passed IN the u arm valleys II Lam
rueIoe. had explored The Wills of Wis
rllsin. All raused ihe hymn Of Christian
praise Il, rise from ll,r prAITles 81 Illinnis.
The Catholic priest vent even heinre the
s.Gl.er aai trader. From lake 90 lake.
fr.m river 10 river. the Jesuils pressed
on. nnresling. aud wiih = power that na
other Christians have exhibited. won TO
their faith the warlike Miami and luxnri-
Gus Ilinais. For more Than q hundred
years did this work 90 forward. Or is
ienpnrary results &C know LILLE. Tie
earlirs, Of the published letters from the
missionaries were written thirty years
after Ia Stll's Toysge dawn lhe Great
River. But, we're the family records of
France laid brfnFe Us. cannot doubt that
se shanld find there evidences of savage
hate diminished. and savage cruelty pre-.
vented. through liar .abors III the broth
erhsud ~ Jesus. And vet il was upon
these men that England charged the war
Of Pontiac! Though every motive for
desperate exeriinn existed on the part Of
the Indians dread Of annihilalina.
the lave Of their old homes aud hunting
grounds, the reverence fnr their fathers
er.ves-al that nersed Philip aud fred
Teeumseh; yet IN the Protestant Eng.
iish. tie readiesI explanation was. tia.
Catholics. tia! Jesuits. had poisoned The
savage mind.
Il was during this war-ihe war Of ex-
termination which the sayages commtnc.
ed as one man. on Michigan, Huron.
Erie, and OuIario slong the frontiers. aud
among the quiet hollows Of PennsyIsa-
mia and Virginia-iha, the incidents &c.
CURED which am about 10 relate.
A chief Of The wyandols. which tribe
had returned 10 its old home upon The
Naumee. since The conclusion Of the war
between the Irnquois and Mama conle,le-
racy. instead of joining Pontiac. who com
manded al the north. went with some Of
his warriors TO the aid Of The Shawnese.
then living upon The Scioio. He was
man much resembling Logan, 80 cele-
braied ten years laler--calm. stern, in
peace kindly, but in war true Indian;
Of vast personal strength. and command.
ing energies, he led wherever he went.
Many mother. during the terrible SUN.
mer Of 90. started II the howl of the
watchdog. aud listening. thought she
heard the dreadful voice Of the Deep-riv-
er, as the Wyandut chief wa, called; and
many mother did hear that voice. lie
had taken up the Ratchet for exlermina-
,ion, and he spared not age. or sex, or
beauty, or courage. Forty scaIps. tina,
autumn, sirrL'hed upon twigs. were dry
ing in the air al his wigwam door.
Yet the Dcep.river had spared one.
In a narrow valley near the Green-briar,
not Tar from the now fashionable White
Sulphur Spring, dwclt IiuIc family Of
four. who, when they heard ia April OF
the peace that had been concluded be-
tween France and England. thanked God
that their dangers were now oyer-thal
they might now SOW and reap in safety.
-Four months passed by-huI one of the
circle remained alive. lie was a bog,
about ten years old. a true backwoods-
man--bold, resoIute, quick aud fearless.
When The savsges burst into his fathers
cabin, and the Wyandol chieflain throw
ing open the door Of their sleeping room.
hurried his iomahawk in the old mans
brain, the boy Emanuel had caught down
apis,ol from the shelf, and standing upon
The bed, dealt the Indian blow across
the eyes that he felt for weeks Ills fol-
lowers would have tortured the child, but
The Deep river said, mo! he is Indian
=-he shall i've"
So the boy remained through the TALL.
among The many cap,ives that ,hronged
The Indian towns upon the Scioln, most
of whom were afterwards delivered up 10
col"nel Bouquet; and early in the win
ter Of 81, was taken by the Wyandoi to
his own country; for the chief saw that the
Efforts Of the red men would be in vain.
Furt Pit had bsen relieved, and Pontiac
had been f"iled at DHroit. Dark and
gloomy were the thoughts Of both captnr
and captive. as they journeycd to the fro-
zen home of the Wyandot..
While Emanuel had been among thu
other white children, he had IN, realized
his losses; but when he reached the viii
lagos on the Maumee, and saw about him
only the grim features Of the warriors,
the Sowing sqnhws. aud the dark faces
al The Indian boys, he Ieli tina, he had
indeed lost all he once chung To, and his
huoyan, spirit dropped a, length. So one
evening he came home. and sitting down
al the feet Of The Deep river, who was