ORIGIN OF THE



treacherous. Was he generous ? so was }
cruel.'
  " But a more philosophical mind would



presei
extert
the so
the v
his fo
fully
ness 1



tions
him t
man



a1ts
fin
tme
,avE



a part of the panorama of I
ation is an embodiment of a
retreat of the children of the
e of civilizatio ni; hence arises



ie crafty and



say, no ! he
       - a



rumanitv, and his
great pirnciple-
wilderness before
a    deep interest in



irtune, which should induce us to preserve, care-
and faithfully, the most trifling record of his great-
mnd degradation. At a time when barbarous na-
elsewhere had lost their primitive purity, we find
he only true child of nature-the best specimen of
in his native simplicity. We should remember



him as a E
strange mi
in him fir
restrained
hypocritic
treachery.



Ittl



dy of human



nature-as an



ixture of good and evil passions.
ie emotions of feeling and deli
systematic cruelty, grandeur
al cunning, genuine courage
  fHe was like somp. beautiful



instance of a
We perceive
cacy, and tn-
of spirit and
and fiendishf
spar, part o



which is regular, clear, and
impregnated with clay, is d
  " But above all, as being I
Americans, as coming to us t
of the aboricrines, and the nn
s~~~~



-sparkling, while a portion,
ark and forbidding.
an enarossing subject to .n
the only relic of the literature



lost



perfect



character, their glory and their Intel
dearly cherish the remains of their orato
see developed the motives which aninma
and the light and shadows of their very
encasement of apparent apathy in whio
fortified himself, impenetrable at ordin
laid aside in the council room. The ger
bursts the swathingi bands of custom,
stands forth accessible, natural, and leg
mune with him, listen to his complai



emb
lIect,
ry.
ted ti
soul.
h the
ary
lius (
and
ible.
nts,



lemn of their
we should
In these we
heir actions,
I The iron
e savage had
moments, is
)f eloq uence
the Ind i n
We con-l-
understand,



appreciate, and
  " As Indian
it a noble monu
finds a more aur



even feel his injuries.
eloquence is a key to his character so is
ment of their literature. Oratory seldom
3picious field. A wild people, and region



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