New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-21
TIVE sENECA INDIANS IN CATTARAUGU


Frs~ vysS~iek D~ssis''' Paper
During O nceot visit 10 Ntnauet
Connr Il vss COR good fortune to l-ern, oy so'"s.
,hs,,yat, n o ore ,hsn can b. learned nom oooSs :"
th, I, dan cha sc,sr IL rs been affirmed VI inc n"
nan 8. il has zen o. the tlsck tnat nc nHaa ~,
mentally and n orally. IL ca tctsfed % aus an'o
.sus ei.l,.d ehts OF ciyiD ali u and renpcuen'
hr White man that tie 90 eye iostDcs Ut his nstnoe
do Dot re- ably we TO be exeIersipg sno ec s
Effects of neniai ard moral cisc plne Do, We nian
witt 10 the Indian setiltn on the CsuE sosus
Reservation is sufficient Ia demonstrate ths: INC
poor uniu.orsd Ibdian," wbea b'oughs "itn,n inc
t.pefctnt rsrge OF civiliz stVn, aud bis mtn'A snu
moral facu.s properly colnvaed H. IA every resgcV.,
VI, equal OF lis pale faced brother Those who rom
n cir iDisncy have hesn wont to indulge IN me hcS
tie ln,amso and untsmabe rocy % the nd man, MS
NIB i-Lt stupidity, Al n,c'sl degradation, have ben
most thoroughly d.udeS. The lcdian H. HE toe Wn'e,
L. cid nts and ae,io.Iis eou.b'nsd with edac .ron,
msbe b IN the rude nrsrltv> eI bsio2 We behold nun
in lie wilderness. Chsns- tIc circumstances end tho
nan il changed. His barbsrous prochyitses are the
nsfaJ al issults o. bis barhsvus tuit gu. proper
cult, alton Of bic nature val ts proper dc,el'
ol m.pf sLd t'ce re'sa.
Tie Seneca Indians have, reserved unto them and
the pos f,Iit. Lar 20 ract al eoanny, IT, Ca sgus
County This lane caunot be bought from them by
~h,,e They can only cell 10 one another. Teey
mmber about $50 souls. They have two doe
cbrr,h.s Pes oyteri,n and Methodist, school, and
v,ry excellent bespfsl, called The Themas Asylum,
which oeriv,s its an tom Philip +. Thoma., Of
Bstimme al aged AMI highly respected mcmbet OF
tie Society OF Friends Their chnnches are gtnefaiiy
crow d,d on the Sabbath, sad their Sabbath ScaSf
sl,o We alt,n,,d DIVINE Worshp with them, and
lister ed 20 III excellent dI-,OO'sc i'n tie Trend and
nhstor IN. Rev As-eI WiAtt Presb, terrain Missi NJ
any. This gentleman speaks to'r Language qaiIe nu-
emily bat as ileie wee many whre 'is'oos, 10
u escbsd in tie Euele lapgusge. every sentence OF
Two he;rv ,utefp,id r the b.n.h Of the lodsss ny
Nn,haniel T. Sircpg a thorough -educafsi tndsn,
ard cue Of the C,uus,lrs of lhe Nation. They had
their own choir, and sang - We az macy wsAmS
greater ~ e,ensons. They liz sn-d auenuNey to the
Gosr e. and many of them b, upon their 'unienaace
e,e,rte Of tie fact that ,hc, egarded it not - -
cum nsl, dey sd fable, bat tho power of God unto
talVrton 49,
DmingtIersck, We visited their school ~hich
filed with Children nth sei,s ffoo, four and i've To
twelve and fifteen year of sg,. We heard them spell
O., read and suY, much TO our enihcauon mo
col ,eacl er informed Us 'hs' they we're very GUS
c.pube OF imp oyeo,eIt; and she seemed Ia take an
ibl,bte delight in tesobI their young ideas how '"
I'll, at. -
But their Asylum is also poiut Of attraction. This
hes been established Tor orphan and de~ttuie Indian
chi'di.n. Duri the sunrle' oi looi ni"e ehliren
H. on @ fauiiy wer. lett de-dtaie tue death Of QUO
man, Five Of III. Sc wee bis own, aud four were Of
thsps cat ppcp hi aud dependent on bis family.
j room asceIfaln,d That there were about ~ Or
phsp end destitute children ON the Cuuauugus Rc.cr-
va, on slcre, many at them Ia very stretched
G dr A. and exposed 10 The ncs' degraded luhuences.
IL view o. tti- pe.ss ,di'ion, Mrs Asher Wright
nm ed tnOrt fof Vel tiicf WHICH tcru'tu III
n o. tabsl n 1t OF this ntuion. Through the IN
d,fpiesbe Efforts Of the Rev Mr. Wright, T.. N.
Petit Doth { uhum thu lo.e With 6hsl sffction),
n Hon Jam, K,rs land ard othars bill was intro
duc,d into the Legislature, snd cartd though both
mar ch,s incorporating The ins'i ution. by this act
Il Stale furnishes e. o. for lie eretsoa OF bidiogs,
ard slU for any number no, exceeding "a Of bcDef-
ci-,ts sustaiued in the As! lum beside placing
this on the Int of the Incorporated a-yfun's OF
the Stare thus -nii'lus h' IN ~ share Of any APP
o,nat,ons h, eater be- made 20 soch Ia otcas.
lie baoirg ~huh IL VT, comu,odtras aat dur
able the has been frIsbtd 81 eos OF ao,it - Wo,
aid the in,iitutcD is IN sboursbng ION iitDo. Ii
b..ds however the ovDat,ps of tIs beDo Toleot -
,ustajp II rs IL shou,d te sartaned word Ia the
wise is cuff j. IT, Ntoey.r wstss to kn,S the la.
oan ,,ub cid bscom. c'rviac,d @ ttsse @.p,si aud
u,Ial csp.riy p.eo hue Wi th M ~ ihsf Chrsnan
h,ue I,.trp..r ee refinement. ed"cssioa Chrisa<n-
ty sill all be found with tL,ln. Go add sc %r yoar'
telvss 80
MI. Barker, daughter &C MIR Petit, Informed us
thar il was suurir ,hs fret .rempt to form
| social parties tn,ig the Sonug people. roey sat.
with their hapds i"id,o, iJ"kioY a each o'ber pot
| driipg u sltak. But at eogth they in'tat the
wln.s, VIII m'rp ed - ia them and nov they delight
| ia Il ,se sUcel ghlhoIi ~.