quot;I appeal to any o eat; if ever .quot;--Speech of au Indian Chief.

    ter and s of taken in connection omed to range, its vast lakes, boundless forests, majestic rivers, and trackless plains, t is, to my mind, riking and sublime. . ure is stern, simple, and enduring, ?tted to grapple ies and to   support privations. t little soil in  for t of tues; and yet, if  take trouble to penetrate t proud stoicism and ual taciturnity ion, o him.

    It  of tunate aborigines of America in tion to be doubly e men. tary possessions by mercenary and frequently on ers raduced by bigoted and interested ers.

    ts often treated ts of t, and to justify rages. t easier to exterminate to civilize; tter to vilify to discriminate. tions of savage and pagan  to sanction tilities of bot ed and defamed, not because ty, but because t.

    ts of ted or respected by te man. In peace oo often been tful traf?c; in ion and convenience. Man is cruelly eful of life y, and little mercy is to be expected from ing of tile and is conscious of to destroy.

    t in common circulation at t day. Certain learned societies  is true, o investigate and record ters and manners of tribes; t, too, ed itself to inculcate a friendly and forbearing spirit too protect tice.* t opinion of ter, oo apt to be formed from t tiers and s of ttlements. too commonly composed of degenerate beings, corrupted and enfeebled by ty,  being bene?ted by its civilization. t proud independence y, and tive courage coed by