New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-08

IT, t, y mn ,oo IN IRE book Twelve times have
the trees dropped their leaves yet We awe ~
land. Our houses have been TAKEN ifon. ~ We d..
mans pIow turns up the bones OF our lslnes oH
moi klnde our sres and yet you said we might remain
and you would give nsland IT,. 1890
s, rs,hs- knows our condition, Will listen 10 We
are as mourning orphans our country but our father
viii tbe U. by ihe hand When he fulHs his promise we
viii suswer his talk lie well We know i. But
we cannot think Grief has made children Of us
when cur business settled shall be again. and
talk 20 our great father about wha he his proposed
Brother you stand 10 the ncccasins OF great chief
you speak the words Of ghty nsuon and your talk
was long. Ny people small their fhsfow scarcely
reaches 70 knee they scattered and gone when
shout hesr my voice In the depth Of the woods but no
answering shou, comes back. Ny words therefore are
few. have nothing say. but 70 request you 10
el VIVA; have said the tall chef OF the pae-faces
whose brother stands by your side
William Tyler, OF Virginia. brother Of The late PIe.-
dent Of the United saies of he Choeaw Commission
Still more affecting. however. is the address of
Lowrey. the now acting chief Of the Cherokees to
the Christian community OF the .. s., published In
papers few days since. 1, ia affecting, not from
its eoquence like the preceding bat from lts
broken hearted subdued tone as overpoweringly
pathetic, from this once great, strong. seemingly in
donni,able race, 3 when the pertaining Cesar cries
/ Give me some drink, Titinius,-ke SICK girl
day mas been doing in the churches texts Of
scripture which they apply only 10 the by gone day.
while there is before them al this moment such
mighty appeal for sympathy. for justice such wrong
TO be right such service 10 be done to the com
mands OF Christ, Love one ano;her-Feed my lambs
Go forth to the Gentle % Jesus b dare we
say to thee, Lord Lord Can there be hope Of
avoiding the repulse-" Depart from me, never
| knew ye."
Col. NJ Kenney. in showing the mistakes tina, have
/ been made, and the precious opportunities lost OF
doing right and good 10 the Indians shows also
thar, n, this very moment, another such opportunity
is presented, probably the last We 5espeak aIten-
ton to this plan We do resate it here preferriog
the public should be led 10 it by gradual steps
,hroug h his own book which we hope 10 see in gen
eral circulation We shall content ourselves with re-
peang that the time attend 10 the subject, get in
formation and act, is NOW, or never. A very short
time and il will be too late TO release ourselves, in
any measure from the weight OF i'll doing, or pre-
serve any vestgies of a race, large portion Of
the creation of God and whose life and capacities
ought by all enlightened and honest, not 10 say re-
lisious minds TO be held infinitely precious il only
as part of Tie history OF the human family.
The details of conduct in General Jackson are
very characteristic That q man go incompetent
should have been placed in 90 responsible position
at such a crisis. merely because he had ray OF
genius, some fine instincts and represented the war
spirit in the country, very sad and fatal Happy
those who opposed it, vanquished though they be !
| The account Of Osceola's and the Agents conduct
relatively at the time when the Indian thrust his
knife into the treaty, on being urged, as ii ne had
! been sullen schoolboy, TO make has marx ls his
tory in little Of the whole relation between the two
races No wonder sceoia, on his death bed painted
his face red token OF eternal enm:iy 10 the whites.
The narrative of the delivery 10 the whites OF
Rad BIRD his conduct on that occasion, the jus,
and intelligent appreciation Of the motives which
actuated him in shedding the blood Of Gagnier,
nothing being extenuated, nothing set down In
malice or in ignorance, make this narrative one Of
the few truly valuable memorials that remain on this
subject. To Col. NJ Kenney we are also indebted
for the story of Petalesharro in its original simple
traits of pure instructive magnanimity.
This work is embellished with many appropriate
designs, and as fron,ispiece to the second volume
boasts colored li,hograph portrait OF POCA-
HONTAS, from an undoubied original, painted in
London in 1910. The face is extremely lovely, the
eye has the wild. swec, hook Of the Indian women
with more fuuess OF soul than they usually possess
the lips too. are full the upper one too much so for
regular beauty, DO, very expressive OF tenderness
and generosity. The skin has tina, golden lustre
which makes the Indian complexion as beautiful,
compared with the swartby or dingy red, as the so
test blonde is, compared 10 the coarse or furnished
skins 40 common among Europeans. The hair is rich
and slightly cured the dress, rich green lined
and faced with white. leaving bare The neck and the
lower part Of the arms is very beautiful and no less
becoming The possession OF so fair copy of
beloved original would, of itself, alone, make the
book desirable possession 10 many.
All men love Pccahontss for the angelic impulse
of tenderness and pity that impeled her TO the
rescue OF Smith. We love her for sympathy
with our race which seemed instructive and marked
her as an instrument of Des,iny. Yet we pity her
TOO for being thus made main agent in the de-
sructon o, her own people, and feel the fate OF
Philip. Pontiac Tecumseh, Napier, who died IN de
fence Of the stock from which they spranS. VI The
tender mercies which were 10 be the reward OF eve
~ kindness conferred BY the red upon the " hite
man, we have q sample in the way In which SnIh
meets the lovely heroine who had saved his lie IN
has native land. She alone among strangers. sushes
to him. calls him father, secure OF kiad welcome
to his heart. He, en,reuched in cold conventional
restraints takes her hand and leads her to q chair
addresses her as Miss or Madam, and freezes back
at once the WARM gushing stream Of her affections
with the ice of civic life.
A comment upon this is found in the position of
/ the Indian boys broush, up by Col. McKenney. and
The book adorned with The portrait OF Pocshon-
,ss is enriched BY many traits especially calculated
To Interest women. Among these Is tie punish
OF sn Indian for i'll treatment Of his mother in
law. received with exclamation BY the women
OF the trioe, bringing new era in their destiny
We could have wished. however. that The punish
meat bad been something else than tie degradation
o. The brave To the position OF y womsn. The 10