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Show THE 130 PRESENT STATE OF Mr. Pixley, at the great Osage oceagea ele Rev. hi . sihe wild natives says 5 ary aske rk nin face this mor g : ste Fecha why he blacked his n God snquire, a mL is caer isctah What iB is the power of my religion and all mee acer it eusht not to make me, Se ans ! pra -at least as early as these Indi vt . a to The ts subsequent journal says; “ em singular 1 ow extremely pects be orship, might certainly in some res 1 allude particularly to profit by Christians. with attention to it before day, their early and persevering Under the force of this dawns. or as soon as the day to we and feel r led habit, if their he arts were eve mak mi e most e minen | | oubtedly 7 cnt. they will und e s, hemsure g upSoof trea heap (= he heapin 1a y as the es ; especiail iian o Christ von d in se of the world, this sense, the love : Let sesssion of their minds. i. akken posses * m the these Indians learned fro , ; Hes a iD a : world such ae se dh _— he possess ! * Indian’ Haves tradition : : wee Dee away in another country, eh the book.of Pr - = old divine ad seeechrf again, and shall God; then bethey happy: deputation (noted in the sixth nae eT ae ik di 3 aS 20te United Foreign : ‘on _the Wy . a <a beyond atk with robably ue allude to a,Counc! ed ri the Board of Manager. . such tradition : or mee e et Brothers, we have long since shite OT is the red men would, one day, live like These a ~ soe cous houses and food like Sriuge are long coming tO pass Baysigs see! It. bot t seen b > ad have id. and 99 Butrick - among at en l 5~ of Rev. e Mr. ao In the journa an excursion among ny a na. eww melmeni ein chief; “«RFe ata < of accer gvuders a the d oi! art of pleasing, au ISRAEL. 131 before the other chiefs, and let us know the result of their consultation. After some conversation, his wife, an old woman, told us, that when she was a conawa a conr thei and ng, r early risi Pixley) thei ae fess (a id US "Mrattending to their devotions, made me eG AND conversation agreeable, better than he. We made known to him the object of our jourvey. He appeared very thankful, and told us he would lay the subject upo ‘ : sot that it was that be might call must ! And t. we sit down toea “ JUDAH ie nalae smali child, the old people used to say that good people would come to instruct the Cherokees at some future period; and that perhaps she and others of her age would live to see the day. And now she thought that, perhaps, we and the other missionaries had come to give them that instruction.” This traditionary opinion, among the different tribes, (noted also by Mr. Adair, Dr. Boudinot, and others,) it Seems, must have been handed dowa from ancient prophecy of their restoration, ‘They had indeed been seeking the word of God, (according to a prophecy in Amos, of their famine of the word,) but had not found itt Godin mercy grant they may now speedily find it. Dr. Boudinot gives an account Cornplant, a chief in the six nations of a speech of of lndians, exe postulating with the head of department of our states, on account of lands taken from his people. This chief had told his people we should not treat them thus ; and they were now ready to tear him in Pieces, because we had done it. After various affecs ‘ting remarks, he proceeds ; “Father, we will not conCeail from you that the Great Spirit, and not man, has preserved Cornplant (his own Of his own nation. is the land on which name) from the hands For they asked continually, where our children are to lie down ?— ou told us (say they) that a line drawa from aylvania to Lake Oatario, would bounds on the east ; and a iine from mark Beaver Creek to ennsylvania, would mark it on the west. thatit is not so. But we see For first one, aud then another comes, and takes it away by order of that people, who told US promised to secure it to us forever. iS silent; for he has sUn goes down, Penn- forever our nothing to answer. Coruplant Opens you Coruplant Wheu the his heart before the |
