NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.



Because it is a truth,



good thincrOS
ground, while
exposed to the
in friendship.
myself. I hai
I should have



and am



which men do
their evil deed,
world: when I
I little thoughi
re no defence to
come prepared;



elancholy truth, that the
are often buried in the
; are stripped naked, and
came here, I came. to you
* I should have to deftnd
make. If I were guilty,
but I have ever held you



by the hand, and I aim come without excuses. Ii
fought against you, I would have told you so;
have nothing now to say here in your councils,
to repeat what I said before to my Great FathE
president of your nation. You heardit,andno
remember it. It was simply this. My lands can
be surrendered; I was cheated, and basely cheat
the contract; I will not surrender my country bu
my life. Again I call heaven and earth to witnec
I smoke this pipe in evidence of my sincerity. I
are sincere, you will receive it from me. My or
sire is, that swe should smoke it together-that I z
grasp your sacred hand: and I claim for myself a:
tribe the protection of your country. When thi
touches your lip, may it operate as a blessing up
my tribe. May the smoke rise like a cloud, and
away with it all the animosities which have aris
tween us."



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                SPEECH OF METEA.

  The speech of Metea, chief of the Pottowattomies, at
Chicago, before Governor Cass, against selling land.

  "My father, we have listened to what you have said.
We shall now retire to our camps and consult on it.
You will hear nothing more from us at present. We
met you here to day because we had promised it, to tell
you our minds, and what we have agreed upon among
ourselves.



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