New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-25

Lo TIE PooR INDIAN THE Society Of
Friends, in the spirit OF their benign and holy
faith, are accustomed to send out two or more Of
their members to visit such of the Indian Tribes
as seem most IN need OF friendly aid and counsel,
Or most disposed to listen TO unscisil advice and
reproof In accordance with this laudabe Gus
tom. Mcssys JOHN D. LANG and SAMGEL TAYLOR
Jr. on behalf of the New-York and New Eng land
Conferences, visited successfully the tribes with
in thousand miles West of the Mississippi IN
the last FIVE months Of 1912 Since their return
they have published brief and simple Report
whcA sheds much light on the condition OF the
unfortunate subjects ofthelr benevolent solcltude
We make room for a single extract, illustrative OF
the cruel villany of Which our Government has
often been the instrument, but especially IN the
case of the Cherohees in depriying these helpless
People of the lands which we do not need and
they do:
After we had completed our visit TO the Della
wares, Munsees, S'ockbridges ard hickapoos, and
had seen some OF the Kansas tribe and collected
such information as deemed useful, we returned
again to Friends School III the Shawnee nation TO
prepare for visit 10 the more southern tribes
The indians understanding that we were about
leaving this part of the country, numbers came 10
make known their grievances and Others TO take
leuve OF us. They represented to Us that there
prospect Of the Wyandots, now living in Ohio
coming to settle on part of their land, and that
very lew OF the Shawnees were favorable to such p
move. but that the most OF them were decidedly OPP
posed to it, and much troubled on account of it,
We were not without serious apprehenslons that
great difficulty might yet arise from this circum-
stance. We rendered them such counsel as we be-
lieved might be proper for them to follow advising
them against discords. calouses and divisions, all
of which appeared to be kindly received. An aged
Shawnee chief came to lls and said he wished 10
have talk with us. He sad when he lived i'll
OHIO he had a good farm and lived well, but by be-
ing removed to this country he had become poor ;
tlat he now gaming a little. and he wanted to
live where he now did. and did ell his tribe want
TO remain where they now are. They did not want
to be moved again, but he feared they should be
soon. !ic said lie was nov old and lame, and he
could not 90 farther; he wanted to die and be bu-
RED here and rot so away of and die on the prai-
RE II made him feel very bad TO think OF being
moved again, for it seemed like beng thrown over
bank away of west of the prairie, where they would
all die. He appeared much distressed on this ac-
count, and wished 10 know II we had heard the men
at Washington talk about removing them AGAIN, re-
marking that he had heard that they had been talk
ing about it. He wanted we and our friends should
help them ii getting the title TO their lands ycd, so
tha, his people might always live where they now
are. He thought the white man ought to be satls-
fed that the Indian had been removed far enough
and net move him any farther. He said he was an
old man end could live but little while and want
cd 20 know before he died that his people and child
ren could never be removed again. All this was
spoken in feeling and candid manner
After this chief Of the Chilocath band remark
ed that the Indians showed mercy TO the white men
when they FIRST came across the great water and
were weak and could but just get up the bank
The Indian was then like the trees, erect and strong
The white man like the grass easily bent and wav-
ing with the wind. The white man came 10 the In,
dian four times with his hat under his arm, and
asked the Indian TO have mercy on HIM, for ne was
poor and need, White man say, when Indian IS
poor and needy he would have mercy on him as
long as grass grows and water runs. Indian then
LET him come on the land and i've he now wanted
white man to remember his promise and have mercy
on the Indian, for he was pco, and NEEDY, and NOT
remove him eny further