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Show ee . ee a 7 ‘ 7 — ae eet iene, os n ais See SEES * STATE OF in their original character. : There is slanders utter- ages. their sa- col / chems or kings, and might in one hour have made dis- | faithfulness says; ‘Joy, ent, love, and friendship withause ouile aia ectation, seem inherent in them, or predominant in of life.” Bartram missed his way, and got lost among them He saw an Indian at the door of his habitation beck. oning to him to come in. He complied. Of himself. When he wished a century, the Indians of thatstate had all along main- tons, fond of their children, frugal, and Col. Smith speaks of their * liviug in love, charitable, and forbearing.”” perseverivg oe 835 : ; = tained an intercourse of great cordiality and friendship ne" me Indian receive such treatment among us? Bartram Wasa Considerable time among them; and says; “ they are just, honest, liberal, hospitable to strangers, consid. erate, loving and affectionate to their wives and rela- S lieved and conducted home.”’ William Penn spake and wrotein the highest terms ‘ of the kindness and benevolence of this people. Col. ~ Smith, in his history of New Jersey, says ; “ For near /. = to go, the indian led him to his right way. This Indian proved to be the chief of Whotoga. Would an with the inhabitants, being interspersed among them, and frequently receiving meat at their houses, and other marks of good will and esteem.” Charlevoix, who early travelled from Quebec to New Orleans, had a great opportunity to true Indian character; Aavour. Hesays; and.he speaks highly learn the not demoralized and corrupted in their “ They rarely deviate from ore / maxims and usages founded on good sense alone, whic | holds the place of law. They manifest much ste \ bility in the engagements they have entered upoa, Pp peace, and friendship, without disputes.; and in this respect “ins an example to many who profess Christianity.” hese things were said of the Indians, who were the unprincipled whites. by ‘T'oo many scription become supjiciently. hateful. | i a connexion of the latter with de- eemeir doleful cruelties to. their prisoners of war oo? religious custom among them, which they sieie Mmed with savage firmness ) as was their pursuit and = and horse were taken the best care. —— in lanting and cultivating the Indian corn. Some ol the English who lost themselves in the woods, they re- i them of prudence, hh instructed a degree their vital principle ; for it leaves them but with the last breath Governor Hutchinson says of them ; “ The natives showed courtesy to the English at their first arrival ;-were hospitable ; and made such as would eat their readily have are more hospitable and free. Bartram, of a part of the Creck nation _ patch of us ; yet they never offered us the least inju‘spy; in word or deed.” food welcome to it ; and They nA with biahie and generosity ‘exceeding that of nations who would be offended at being compared with them. No people , Christians are not so kind and sincere. When there ’were not six able persons among us, and the In- to us, or eg am ieininaias ced (he adds) that it is wrong to denominate them sav- lions ; _ but to us they have been like lambs ; so kind, and sub| missive, and trusty, that a man may truly say, many / dians came daily by hundreds any disputings matches among either the boys or men. Indians are said to be people—like and a EY eee “* The treacherous | never could learn that there ever were years; — upon the base at of . and preached number ceeSinise commer > ed against the Indians; the most cruel a sermon these Indians. a considerable oe + ee ks Plymouth in 1620, says, in | at, gaits Cushman, et Bee all our philosophy and religion. Du Pratz says; “I have studied rte A Rev. Mr. Bh 175 ISRAFI,. apprehead to be the appointment of Providence i. all this, (he adds) they manifest a nobleness fooul and constancy of mind, at which we rarely arrive with ted from the descendants of the ancient Israel of God; as appears from numerous testimgnies, such as the folV AND tience in affliction, as_ well as submission in what the in the minds of the native Americans a quality far Superior to what Is found in the minds of most oiher heathen_on earth ; andsuch as might have been eX peclowing. JUDAH renee PRESENT + ee ~ THE iE? Va excellent traits |