NORTH AMERICAN



INDLNS.



and you would now punish our unfortunate brother (he
that killed the woman) for adherence to the superstitions
of his fathers! Go to Salem! Look at the records of
your government, and you will find hundreds executed
for the very crime which has called forth the sentence
of condemnation upon this woman, and drawn down the
arm of vengeance upon her. What have your brothers
done more than the rulers of your people have done? and
what crime has this man committed by executing, in a
summary way, the laws of his country, and the injunc-
tions of his God ?"



SPEECH OF FARMER'S BROTHER, A SENECA CHIEF,
   IN A COUNCIL AT GENESEE RIVER, IN 1798.



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knows from whence they come, or where they will fall.
This whirlwind wvas so directed by the Great Spirit
above, as to thro-wr into our arms two of our infant chil-
dren, Jasper Parrish, atd Horatio Jones. We adopted
them into our families, and made them our children.
We loved them and nourished them. They lived with
us many years; at length the Great Spirit spoke to the
whirlwind, and it was still. A clear and an uninter-
rupted sky appeared. T'he path of peace was open ed,
and the chain of friendship was once more made briaht.
Then these our adopted children left us, to seek their
relations; we wished them to remain among us, and
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