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compo 9 ur % ' tfca $ Iqng b 6 fc * $ tjbitf * 4 i& £ t \™) « kouLd tyft ii | fcis graye 5 Uia&fee h # 4 ^ i" ays %$ en nubj&ct to inward fever * and that lie . !) ad t alf&ady lv )* ed as long as be ( tspveted ; -
that when he was . stout < am } bearty be was impressed , with the persuasion , tl ^ at he had not long to live ; that he had only ene petition to offer on this subject , ? Father , thy will be 'done . * ll * : then conversed in an admirable manner on the
good providence of God , which he was persuaded would dispose of his wife and his little child in the best ' possible niamier ; and particularly said , that even 012 their account he had no solicitude about life ; that If such was the will of God that he should now be taken awny , his death would be good for them as well as for himself . '"
Our friend made no boast of his sub- * mission ; these sentiments were uttered in 5 * 11 the ingenuousuess aud confidence of friendship--. They show a . temper most truly evangelical , the exercise of whkr | i rn
life and death is ble . ssed und magnanimous , ij i& the same sublime spirit which burst from the soul of the apostle in that rap- , turous exclamation , O Death ! , wJUere , is thy . sting ! O grave , where is thy victory !
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SKENANDON , THE ONEIDA CHIEF , [ From an sJnierican Ppper » y At his residence near Onetda Cattle , on Monday , the 11 th of March , SKENANDON , the Celebrated Chteida Ckirf \ aged 11 O years ; well known in the wars which ceurred while we were British colonies , ami in thc ^ contesfc which issued in our
independence , as the ondeviating friend of the people of thir United States . He ffcas very savage , and addicted to thtinkenness in his yonttr * , but by-bis * own * efteietion * v nod the benevolent instrnctiofws of " the lafcv Re ? v \ Mr . Kirkland , nnswonary to his ^ ttfibe , ' lie livrd a reformed nmn for ¦ njore thfcir sixty yjeArs , and died in Christian hope . ' « f . li ' rom attachment to Mr . Kirklaitd ^ he
bad always expressed a strong * desire td 'be Uvirk'il netiti- lu « TOrtni ^ tet « li \ 4 his father , tii ^ tt rbe iutght ( 3 fco *» se lm own -expression ) < f& # j > with * * hhn krt Hie ffrtatTfHtur ' Fectuni . At ^ he ^ j iproitig ft of < ie ; ith , kfter Jistenni ^ t © * t * e prpyeitt \ v * Wich " * x re reud n ^ lik ' -bed * * ide \\ y hi »^ reat ^ rnnd-daughter , be a «* am ? rpe « ttdi f 4 bts rfqtiefet . Accordtilgly , the fh > ni 3 ^ « if Mr . Kirkland , havitig received
ir i - ii t »« >> < f ill _ - ¦ i - . 1 1 r .. - - Y * In ? t | w * . year l-766 > ^ fce « ftndott \ sw Ip-uwm mtl * 'tri ^ ty made in AlbiMrV . At T ¥ $ e *> $ li ^ wa ^^ nfceftsive ! y 4 i ' u « k ;" 'tMld in tlve ^ i ^ on ^ J n ^ found himself in <} he afreet , < strfyp «( fd « # ^ rP b | s QTnwnvQt \* mil f ^ y art icle . sf . clothing . His priiU . revolted ' at his s « tf * df ^ radattbn , aw & < $ te tesolvefl 1 fa&t 'tie Yjwa&A j }^ i ^? r , *^ i »> ikWteisr baoiaietf ^ tacr to ^ thte power of ftrmir wafer , >* # < y& . •• - -1
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Hifornj atio ^^ by , a runner , that . Sk < j Otodmi wa « deadv i" ; i : mnj ( liarice with a prevS ' promise , sent ^ assistance to the . J ^^ ' ' tliut the corjisi ; mjiiht be convej ed to th * viiUge pi CJtiuton foy . burial , Vlym ^ vice ^ was attended at the « aeetiug , ^ hoxis C \ u ' Clinton , 011 WetfqejrfHj , at 2 o ' clock , p . Aa address xyp * WAde to , ike . IruJiaiJ ^'^ UtVi D r . Backus , president of Ha . mUton Cojlcge * wl ^ h ^ as interpreted by Jud ^ e Dean , of Wes ^ iiiorelnad . Traytr was thew ofiered , aad ajipro ^ iaU ^ p ^^ sun ^ . After gwvice , the concourse which had & > seii } Y >\ cJLfTiJW respect to tlje deceased Chief ,., fron ) the siaguUiri | y of tUc occ ^ ittn ' . moved to ; tUe . -grave Jp the follow ^ orUert *^ - . . . Stadeuts of ^ anjilton . Cpllege , CorpM ' , Indians , M r& . Kirklantl and family % Judge Dean , Rev Dr . Norton , Hey . Mr . Aver , Officers of , if « milton College , ^ Citizens .
After iuterm ^ uit , tie only surviving son of tlie , djeccas < ed . sejf nioved , returned thanks thro u& lj Judge Dean , as intcrprrter , to . the pe ^^ p le ^ for the respect sljowu w his father on the occasion , and to Mrs . Khkhittd anct taniily for their kind auti frWndiy attest io ^ s . Skonandon'k person was tall and brawnv ,
but well made ; his counteuauce wa ^ iutelligent , and bv'uned with all the indigenous dignity of an Imlian Chief . Iu his youth he wa . s a brave and intrepid warrior , and iu his riper yeafs one of the ablest counsellors atuong the North . ' ^ Dierican tribes . He possessed a strong and vigorous jniqd ; and though ttairtbje- as the tQrnado in war , he , wan bland and mild attbc in
ze ^ yr p eace . „ , With the cunnipg f IW fox , th *> hungry perseverAivce of the woli and the . HgiUty of'the mountain akU & w ^ tqj ^ rd ^ and repealed Canadian jnva ^ io ^ Vfop ; vigikinqe once preserved from jna ^ r sici ^ the iijib ^ itiiptii of tb ' c . Juiant- » fttte ; uie ^ t of Q ^ m ^ ' ^ ts , His . ijQ ^ n ^ bropgUt ^^ triV ^ io »« ' assistance in ^
war of th « i tltnojution . How . wany ol % U living and t ] be dead Havu beeft , saytid ^ J ^ f the tomahawk audi , 30 a ) ping . \ wifcr W- » J * friendly aid ,, is uot * no * vu ^ but-ui < li > i 4 w *» an <| villages h ^ . ve , cxpre ^ ed . gratitjid *? w % his bcuevole ^ t viiterjK >» HiOKS ; and ^^ " ^ tl ;« ind > W tribes ^ was d ^ tingnu&W Of ' tile api ^ lfet ^ on pf ths . WkiieMWA Although he could . epeaK but W * - E ; i ^ i h , apd in , ^ extrcn * <> 14 ag » , "f bl Mi 4 , yet bin cp ju > y > v * ft « 8 ^ ' * coi ^ rsa « ho W a « . highly -.. ** on | J » . effect ' s | bjrt 1 ^ M ^ M J 7 ^ "IL vUjU ^ ap ^ l policed ? 6 a ety , ^ cf > y « f « W * ^ V ^^> 4 co ^ ijny ia { As M ^ f ? - ; 1
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^ 9 U- Obitu ^^ Sfcemndoh , Hie Qntidfr ^ hief .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/54/
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