Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-10-28
From Tho Albany Evening Jo4aa4l.
I,e ,,uncie Tribe of indians.

From ,ho Albany Evening Jolaa4i.
The .Iuncie Tribe of indians.
win tho Editor of ha Eyenirg journal have
the goodness give the enclosed piac5 IN bis
columns? Ms motive IN IN king ne reqlest il
this: When tho West, short tins stoca met
with Henry Harvey. hlcbty respera5lo mem
Der II the Fuend- 5 JcIety. aad fHr series VI
years acting Superintendent ST the Saa" nee
and MuucIe ifiho Of Indians. In behalf OK the
remnant OF the latter race, he has r"qfesifG me
to institute certain tnq iifie-, touching me claims
Of that tribe, shIdo"ed forth 40 TIE Iaoii" ta'k
Of their chief
H. would seem that these Indians remember
their former agent only a. the 'bhde nat f@"1'
ker' Il the son d Ihs q Iaker - suii hstng,
and this pab!ica tion should come before ms view
or any one else, who can gave information touch
ing this matter. they are requested II open cor
respondence with The undersigned.
]. n. REYNOLDS,
Mogchtut's Exchange y. I.
Speech of Warn oup-toon, John QHardrobe, on
behalf of the Muncie tribe Of Iadians, deIjoer-
cd 70 Harry Hurley. then superintendent Of
the Friends Mission among the ShIraees, lrest
ofhe Mississippi.
Ms Bro,her We have como 10 see YOU and
ask Of you 70 help ~, 10 n matter which concerns
very much. NY brother: have u right To-
binds IN The S tnte If New York and have always
had, which We never sold or cedcd away. We
principal chief who lived when We left our lands,
his name OIay qIon nough or Long Arm;
tract OF land we own Is III Geuessee county,
New York not lar from Rochester, on Ninisinb
but as there are two places or rivers Of that name
it may be proper state that this tract Is the
nearest Rochester. Brother: We left this
land when about breaking out, I've be.
lieve It the Revolutionary war)-we wanted
10 he out Of the reach Of war, aud We left oar
land that place IN the Of "A member Of the
Society Of Frionds-we called him the Waite
hat QaaEer.
Broiher: About 80 years ago the aon Of the friend
in whose left our land went n at
Huron River about the land. lie said biz father
was old, and wanted to get clear Of the care of
land, add wanted something done about It;
bat nothing was done at that time. Abo3t
en- yenrs ago. or when the cholera was bad
New York, oar chiefs were sen, for 10 60 to Baf
faI0, and informed hat It We wn@ld @ In Albany
and make the known about lrnd. that
we should havo paw for 1t; accordingly, five OF
our chiefs started, bot ihreo took tho cholera and
died on tho road, and the others got discouraged
and returned home, aud we soon removed from
that country and never did any thing more abonI
our lands
We want YOU 10 cnqnire about no land, on the
other Ai.ntsrnk, below Albany, Wyoming, all Of
which was owned by the Mnncies.
Broher. want you to have the records Of
New York State, as well those Of tha Uasted /
States examined wen, and IN what the /
white people got in possession of these lands. be /
SEQ to the first nanled tracts, and the 9th /
ors too; for we left oar land - he taken care oil
for u.s. and never sold It; aud we remember thai I
our fathers told tho friend ia whose care we Ieft
Il, that When the white people got money, thet (
they must pay for our Land. Ny brother, We
arc very poor; have land; are
very few; but Won may tell oar friends The Quq~ T
kets that The M1ncio Indians ara vet alive and .
their voice can still be heard; that we sulI re- +
member tho strong bands Of friendship which
were made between them and by WIN. Penn
and his friends. The Great God knows tia,
matter in the sight Of our SAVIOR. We want To
serve tho lord while live. We arc poor
liitlc band, and now We hope our friends wal help
Us in this business
We wish 10 give our love 10 all our friends
md - always remember the band IF peace We
entered into with them a long time ago
We refer to David Eyans, Agent Of the I!oI-
land Company.
(signcd)
WAN oup-foon or Johu Quararobe
Wan>ne- nook thout, or John NaWcoore.
Nick 7dcm3s Wadsworth. grandson OF LIZ Arm.
Jao Mason. grand Of Long Arm
Henry poy. moo-chnIIan5
certify that tho foregoing specch. or state
ncnt, wns made to M when IN the Indian conn
rv 10 1912, and carefully written dawu, ard at
Ter beng written rs delivered n nc hv their in
erpreter, Jahn Nawcome, was reat and inter
Dreted back ngaia to ,hcm in their own angusrc.|
md declared by them Che dcleg1tjonj TO he cor
ect as first spoken to me hv the interpreter.
HENRY HARVEY.
Clinton County, Ohio, Sgh mo. 2S,h 1913.