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    free . . as they xnay imagine * Are they not every minute dependent 6 b the Lord of , the Creation for the breath they draw jn ? and the nurture they daily receive ? Do they doubt my assertion i I shall ask , them—Can they insure > , . ¦ ¦ ¦ «/ - ¦ , tne time of their existence ? Can { hey say to the swift swelling torrent , Stand still and abate , in expectation of obedience ? or can they camixiand the roaring cataract to cease the issue of its

    tremendous stream and return from whence it sprang ? Can they cause the boisterous tempest to cease ? or can they level the lofty moqntain with the plain ?* Nether can

    they even explain the cause , or account for those things , which it has pleaded the Great Spirit in some measure toj leave depe ^ det > t on your care and for your advantage . Without his favour and aid

    you can hope for nothing . -411 nature you see , acknowledges him as its Lord , by unalterable obedience to all his eternal commands : i . ... i ¦ ¦ * and can rpan alone , the most highly-favoured of ajl . his creatures , rebel and suffer himself to

    be diverted from his due obedience by every passiojn that asbails his breast ? * Brothers ,- —The t Gre ^ tt

    Spirit has intended this earth for a place of trial , and for our temporary existence ; and to that end , be has abundantly supplied us with all that is needful . The

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    place of his residence is alone in the heavens , and there he has prepared an asylum of everlasting bliss for those who love him

    and keep his commandments * The felicity there enjoyed , by the upright is inexpressible , and b ^ . yond any thing that we upon earth can imagine ; beneath is the place

    of eternal torment , the abode of the evil spirit , and there those unfortunate people are cast , who have spent their tifne in this world , without regard to its Creator , the Author of our

    existence , -f < MJncles , ]|—As touching the sale of . lands , I ^ hajl particularly address myself to you . For nei - ther the Warriors nor Chiefs have

    transgressed in this point . I Shall not hurt your feelings , by recapitulating what has been done , but only efxpect you to do tfo no more . Remember that it is forbidden

    by Him . that formed it , and pe careful of offending , by making an article of merchandize , gf that which after creating , he has graciously / bestowed to provide sustenance for u & and oulr posterity .

    ** The best way to benefit by the laud , is to render ' it ' productive by cultivation . ' Cover it then with cattle , and hunt the animals that the Great Spirit has ^ been pleased 10 place upon it , to furnish us with articles of food , and clothing . You should also be cautious of admitting tenants : §

    ^ How sublime is this language ! we think of the prophet Isaiah as we read it . f , I suspect this is more than the light of nature ; that theVays pf the Surf of righteou ? ness must have darted hither , though Pope ' s Indian is hot much short of iti < JLo ! the poor Indian , whose untored mind /& c . ¦ | ' ' ) Uncles , mean thecivil magistratesamorig them , who never handle the tomohawk , but solely regulate the affairs at hornei - - § The White settlers or American hunters do often cheat the poor Indians out of

    tflose lands , at first only leased to them ; a mode of . tenure the natives do not well Understand when they grant them . i

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    • Original Account of a Meeting or Talk of Indians * 711

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 711, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1706/page/19/