Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-18
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We are c'mmcncing our w'nter-evrning I,hors o
deIvins among cd mnnuscrip,s-wrh pa ,icul, r..
lie ence To the Lite and Times Of Sir william Lin.
S'n. The readers OF the Commercial NAV -,
Der that, some i've or months \ 90 We nnnr,..,i
the dep .ituTe from he Oneida country oi M, .,,,o
ting putty OF that ,une OF lnd,ens for n new LorT.
neyond the Mississippi, Hmrng whom, yv,s , -,
age sachem, named "GoOi Peter" supnoscJ IN ).
nearly one hundred aud ut cen wears old a, ,La
TINE m question we gave some account of ro,,I
Peter, who has been known almost a bundled ye,,s
as very re's Gus man. LU,le, however, Gid we
think, wrcn ponnIng that srlic G. that we s,o,,IJ
ever md rIter from this IT same Peer. Wi IN
TO SIR WI lam Jnhnson.-BuI such /, The I,r,
Here Is .e,e: from a man yet living, written Sc
veniy nine ycars ago, to another no has b,,r
oeai siIty-seVeh years We copy It as a curiosity. /
OHon"ouAGE, Aug. 3Oth. 1862
CIR gu told us in the bestnnin,, of ,Ja 49,
that we must be faithful To hello Won ,.,ins, ,bs
Fench, and that II It should please God IN sucrccJ
our united force against our enemy, and we shoula
overcome them then, every thins should he uIent,
ANA you told Us that you gave us but lutte now.
because you loved US, aud expected ncth,,g IN "a
turn but our friendship; but the Ftencb who Sem,
ed 10 I've SO ready TO give, intended TO have all our
lands when they could overcome the English.
ou informed, too, that our great brother. kino
1eotge, lowell Us mu h. and wnu not let Us bc hurt.
and Ihat he would build forts in our country. no,
he would take away our lands 10y English settlers
but that he wold defend us ana oar lsnd.. AMI Il
GOD shou succeed his warriors, joined w.Ih ours.
50 INIT II the enemy should he subdued, then M,
would pull down those forts as bein, OF no f,rtber
use, and leave us In quiet possession Of our LnJs
as before the war; hiso, yCG told US that our greai
brothers SAID that II the French should Dr.v,tI M
suodue the English VIC should mex be DESTROYED.
Tor the French hinS had not forgot what had ed
IN ancient wars.
And we now Believe all that was told us for ~,
cannot think that you Our great brother the
King, will lie, for We believe all lhat n. s,ys ,o ~.
as true as religion. And now d, 10 our prayer to
Eou tha1 our great brother may lie strong t. dn all
which Hc has promised. Wer,iIice mucb thai G. ii
has so tar prospered hun, that he has overcome 10
enemies; and We are thankful TO God for IN, good
ness To u.s. as we'll as 10 our brc,hern the English
Tor Weare no" sensible that Il would have been
very bad with us II the French had previ ed Bpt
we are now lelt IN peace, and have nothing TO do
but TO plant our corn, hunt the wild beast sn,nko
our pipes, and mind religion. But us thr Sc forts
winch are built among us disturb our peace and
are great hurt TO religion, because some OF our
warriors are foolish, and some OF our brothers SOL
diers DO noiear God, therefore desire that
forts may be pulled down aud kicked out OF the
way. We that mind religion at Onohouuare re.
peat our request, that these forts might h. nuI,d
down, according To promise, which We well retnem-
Der. Those who do not m nd re llgIon among ms are
greatly stumbled that SO great and good a man as
our brother docs not fulfil his promises. and null
down these forts, and let have goods in exchano.
for our skins more reasonably.
we thank our great brother that he has taken
fathers
and brethren to teach US religion, which we begin
10 see lIille no aud 1t appears to be honest and
hsauuiu; aud we inform our brother that our s,od
fathers and brethren a. Boston have sent us A m,,
lister, IRON whom we receive the messages of tic
gospel gladly, and who writes these things al our
desire We are Likewise thankful 10 our gIe,t b,o
Their ,ha; he has wrote 10 good leud and broth
or SIR William Johnson, To take care that our lands
are not taken from without honesty. Oar ,v, :
are So Tar oponrd as that are more afraid Of los.
ing our sous by our SINS than our lands by dI,lnn-
esty. We have made choice Of religion "a tie best
thing; and are determ ned never To let itCo. When
we look this way we good, when we turn our
eye from religion wo see nothing bur evil. We love
our brother the King very much. We hope he won't
grleve our hearts. We always expect good ,ybcn
We look nj him, for he is 10 Gods room 10 us and
VIC hope God will Strengthen his heart, and emf
HIM to overcome his cnemes, and that he wou'd nit y
Us, hts ignorant brethren and Children ana that lie
would send " the good news Of religion, and make
the light Of Christianity shine here clear as At Bos-
ton.
We oro glad that We have father hero 10
strengthen and comfort our hearts that we nav NO,
be shaken by those who are bad.
Oar lands extend from the head o. Slsqnehann,
River To Cuugnulo and some men a,e not wise. Al
whom we are afraid. Bat my thing should h,p.
pen, as wo have chose r"'Ig on. VIC oro determined
to 20 with religions fathers, whenever they
60.
Now we hope our good brother vii. forgive out
mistakes and errors and think upon US his brethren
and children for good.
The ab've WIS tukro from IN, mouth oi Peter, 4,
very religious md puncp'' nan ui;he Onyd uibc
who spoke the desire and on the nlhilfo Of oil tn,
Christian lnJins inhJbunE Ut Ohohouuigc, IN on,
Of their gencrii councrsD pr
Ell Forces. , ,,..
To Sir William Johnson.