The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-10

OF the children Of Onas, but should CONE
and sec for Themselves as brothers 10
brothers, and bury such fal.e reports in
n bo,,o'nlcss ri, that il the christian,
should hear OF any thing likely TO he Of
hurt to The Indians. or the Indian.
should hear OF any thing likely 10 be Of
hahn the christians. they shol'l run
/ like true friends. and let the o'her know !;
that If any son of Onas were to d. any
harm rcd skin, or any red skin to do any
harm TO son Of Unas, ihc sufferer
+ shoa,i not off + to right himself, bat,
should complain To the chi's and 10
Ona', that justice nigh, hc declared 10y
twelve honest men, and the wrong hu.
ricd in a pit with no b)ltom; tia, the
Leni l.cnape should assist the white
men. and the white men should assist
the LEM Lanapc, against all that would
disturb them or do them hurt; and
lastly. that both Christians and Indians
should tell their children Of this league
and chain OF friendship, ilat it might
grow stronger and stronger, and lie kept
bright and clean, without rust or spot,
while the waters run down the creeks
and rivers, and while the sun and moon
and stars endured.
He then laid the scroll upon the
ground. What King Tamincn, replied
is not known. except that III substance
he favored the views Of Penn, The
sachems received his proposals with de.
cen, gravity, and accepted it for them
selves and Tor their children. No oaths,
no seals, no official muinincries were
used; the treaty vas ratified on both
sides with yea yca-,hc only one,
SAYS Nol,airr. that the world has ever
known, never sworn to and never
broken.
This scene remained TO the two races
who were Witnesses and actors in it, an
inheritance Of good will and honorable
pride for IN entire century. From year
to year (says the venerable historian Of
the Six Nations, llcckewell"r) the sa-
chcms assembled their children in the
woods, in shady spot n like as they
could find to that in which the grea,
Onas had conferred with them, when
they would spread ou, his words or
speeches on blanket or clean piece Of
bark, and repeat the whole again and
again, 10 their great satisfaction.
In few years. Penn, going beyond
the seas end never returning, became to
them n sort of myth, "a parsonage
They not only held his memory in the
greatest vencra.ion; but treated tho
whole body Of white men with more
Kindness for his sake. 10 be Il follow
er Of Onas was at all times "A passpor
to their protection and hospitality.
Nor have his own countryncn been
less indebted or lc's grateful to the grea
l Treaty. TO it, and to the s,r,clnes
| with which its provisions were main
A tained by Penn, is owing that s,rikin;
$ fac, recorded by Bancroft, that while
: every other colony in tie NV Worl'
, was visited in turn with the horrors o
Indian warfare, no drop Of Quake
blood was ever shed by red man il
Pennsylvania.
1t is !umilating to the pride Of tn
white man Ia iliink that one Of his rae
a should have been the first to break thl
b noble league Of peace. Forty years al
l ter the famous treaty, and Eve years a
!. ter the death Of Onas, one a lts unwol
II thy children murdered thr first red ma
!. who lost his life in Pennsylvania Ih
=, deed was attended with circumstance
= Of unusual airocity, but it shows in
-. striking light the power Of n noble SCI
Z timen,, that the Indians ,hcmselve
J. prayed that the mnrderci's life might b
o spared. 1t was spared; but he died
II a very short time, and they thea sal
T. the Great Spirit had avenged the
)i brother.
Y, The venerable elm tree under wlic
IN the meciin. took place, served 10 mar
.. this honorcd spot for many years, unt
70 the storm Of 1910 threw it 20 the gr0un'
=. 1t measured iwenty-tour feet IN grit
, aud was found to be u.o hundred an
: eigb'y-ihrcc years old. y piece OF
was sent home to the Penn family, I
ii whom i, was mounted on Il pedestal wi
n appropriate inscriptions and the !
he mainder was manufactured into vase
work-.iand., and other relics row he
ID sacred by their po-sessors, a pla
20 monument has since been erected Uu u
IN spot, inscribed on each face with fo
&C. short and simple sentences commemor
Of tive Of the Great Treaty.--D,ro,
nd Lie Of Penn.
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