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    listed in America , has been com . mufiicated to me in a letter from a friend , who when resident in England , was occasionally your correspondent . He is now settled at Mount Pleasant on the Hudson , thirty miles from New York , where there can be no doubt of

    this Speech being considered as authentic . R . The Speech of Sagoua Ha , which signifies the Keeper awake , a Chief of the Seneca nation of Indians , known by the white

    people by the name of Red Jacket , in answer to a speech of the Rev Mr . Alexander , at missionary frorq the Missionary Society in New York , ta that nation * Delivered at a Council held at Buffaloe

    Creek , New York , in May , 1811 . Brother , We listened to the talk you delivered to us , from the council of Black-coats * in New York . We have fully considered your talk , and the offers you have

    mp . de us , which we perfectly understand , and we return our answer to them , which we wish you also to understand . In making up our minds , we have looked back , and remembered what has been done in our days , and what our fathers have told us were done

    in old times . Brother , Great numbers of Black-coats have been among the Indians , and , with sweet voices and sridilih g faces , have offered to teach them the religion of the white people . Our brethren in the

    east listened to them , turhed from the religion of their fathers , and took uj > the' reli g ion of the white pe&jrte , What good has \ t done ? Are , they more happy pnd more fri ^ tffirlinfe to lkotW than

    « ? The ^ ppellatttin ^ i ^ cn to clergymen by the Indians .

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    we are ? No Brother , they are a divided people , we are unitedthey quarrel about religion , we live in love and friendship—they drink strong waters , have learnt

    how to cheat , and practice all the vices of the white people , which disgrace Indians , without imitating the virtues of the white people . Brother , if you are our well-wisher , keep away and do not disturb \ is .

    Brother , We da not worship the Great Spirit , as the white people do , but we believe the forms of worship are indifferent to the G Great Soirit : it is the homaor « the reat Spirit ; it is the homage

    of a sincere heart that pleases him , and we worship him in this mariner . According to your religion , we must believe in a Father and

    Son , or will not be happy hereafter . We have always believed in a Father , arid we worship him ^ as we were taught by our fathers . Your book says , that the Son was

    sent on earth by the Father . D'fd all the people who saw the son believe in hinh ? No , they did noit , and the consequence must be known to you , if you read the book .

    Brother , You wish us to change our religion for yours . We like our religion and do not want and * ther . Our friends [ pointing to Messrs . Granger * Parish ^ arid Taylorj ] do us great good . They courtsel us in our troubles and tell

    us how to make ourselves comfortable . Our friends , the Quakers , do more th ^ n this . They give us ploughs and instruct us how to , _ . - r _ ; , . \ . _ * ... __ .

    * The agent of the United Stat e * , for Indian affairs , who resides at Buffaloe . f The Indian interpreter , j The t ^ ttit of tfie tfctae ' ty 4 T Friends frri improving the * condition of the Indians , wfcft -. ISf **«* jW « r , tfcg ^« Btyflr RiVer .

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    An Indian Speech * Si 3

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    vol . vii . 2 a

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 313, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/33/