Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-25

at in council before you al the great coun-
ii FIRE in Albany. and who are now dead
FATHER Will you listen again -
Dur Oneida brothers have been IN trouble, a
md have been often to you IN council a
But they would not listen to you, and II
now agree that they have listened to bad !
men, who did not counsel them, like their
white fathers, for their good They have
sold their lands. received their whole pay,
and spent it tor strong water; become a
poor and wretched, scattered and wan
dering people Many have gone beyond
the great waters of the West. Some of
them have come among your red chill |!
dren of the Onondagas, and with the little !
white foxes would persuade our young
warriors to sell their homes-to leave their
fathers and mothers-their brothers and
ssters-to go with them TO possess the
West-to be led back to hunting and
drunkenness.
FATHER: Your red children desire to
know your mind. We wish to keep to-
gether-to possess the land which the
Great Spirit in goodness has given to US
to stay by the bones of our fathers, and
watch the ashes here of those we loved
TO live by the side of those we know,
whom we have tried and who are our
friends. We know our white brethren
who surround US: we know not those in
the far West. We know our white ia
theirs here; we know not the white ia
theirs in the West. Our white fathers
here have taken US by the hand-been
T wise to us in counsel here Who will
;. be our fathers in the West? Will they
be kind to US. or illthey strike US down :?
We do not desire to sell. We do not desire
to receive the principal for what we have
Sold We only want the interest annual
ly. We could not keep the principal
Our white brethren understand this mat
ter much better than your red children.
I They have been honest with our nation,
and always paid every year We can do
with them, and not do as the Onedas have
done.
/. FATHER: Listen once more. The
: chiefs and warriors and women of the
' Onondagas have had a long council-a
talk Of three days-and their request to
. their father is, that he will shut his ears
. shake his head, and turn his face away
from all talk to MIN about the sale of the
r lands of the Onondagas. We know he
can do it, and drive them away-preserve
the nation in peace-keep them together
in friendship-anG not scatter them like
. the Onedas.
!. We now make our last request. Will
y our father think Of the talk which his red
| children have now sent to him? Will he
i send them his mind Will he remember
4 his children of the Onondagas, as ouI
q white fathers have done, and let them
!. continue to lie under his shade, as thew
!. have done under the shade of their white
r. fathers before HING Will he also be &
father to them, and send them his mind
, This is all that is sent by me, and have
! done. ABRAHAM LIE Fort.
/. Albany, March 5th, 1910.
IS To-day at IL o'clock, the chief agair
e met the Governor in the Executive Cham
: Der, and received the following reply /
l. is brief but most appropriate, humane
and In all respects, admirable document
IS the talk you have made to me in behal
FL of the sachems, chiefs and warriors of TIT
q Onondagas. l am sorry to hear that thu
,fl avarce of white men and the disconten
y of red men, have excited alarms amons
b your people. | rejoice, and all goo;
0. white men rejoice, to hear that the Onon
~ dagas have determined TO Danish the ust
e of strong water, that they assume the hab
" its and customs of civilized life, cultivate
s their lands, possess oxen and horses, anC
). desire to remain in the land of their brave
e and generous, though unfortunate forefa
IS theirs.
/. Why should the Oaondagas exchang,
/ their home among US for the privations 0
;. the wilderness in the far West? They
70 are a quiet, inofensive and improving
e people. The public welfare does not re
quire that they should be banished from
r. their native land. Although individuals
e often improve their fortunes BY emigra
/ ton, the removal of a whole communit,
is always followed by calamity and dis
e tress. With temperance, industry anc
v education, the Onondagas may be com
If Portable ADD happy, ard in time becom,
o good citizens of the State.
White men ought to be jus. and gener
e Gus to your race. Indians but few YEAR
" ago, possessed all this broad domain
Is Now the white men own all except tn,
d small parcels which have been reserved
Of as home for the remnants Of the Indiar
ir tribes. There is one common Father o
all mankind Although his ways are ia
lr scrutabe, we know that his beneyolenc,
a. extends TO all his children alike, and hi
ID blessings rest upon those who protect tn