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The following is an extract from the | The following is an extract from the speech of John D. Bemo the son of a chief of the Seminoles One of the most savage and warlike tribe of Indians in the world. His age is nineteen years. He left his natives country when nine years of age and followed the sea for as many more. Nine months ago, he could neither read or write. Now he is an unrivaled orator in the Christian field. He is preparing himself for a missionary and a prophet to his native tribe to which he is the lawful heir of the chieftainship, and to which office he has since been clearly his [[unclear]] but rejected it telling them that while fighting was their only pleasure, and was the business of their braves he could not except it. But when your fighting is over then will I be your prophet your priest and you chief; exclamid the | ||
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The following is an extract from the speech of John D. Bemo the son of a chief of the Seminoles One of the most savage and warlike tribe of Indians in the world. His age is nineteen years. He left his natives country when nine years of age and followed the sea for as many more. Nine months ago, he could neither read or write. Now he is an unrivaled orator in the Christian field. He is preparing himself for a missionary and a prophet to his native tribe to which he is the lawful heir of the chieftainship, and to which office he has since been clearly his unclear but rejected it telling them that while fighting was their only pleasure, and was the business of their braves he could not except it. But when your fighting is over then will I be your prophet your priest and you chief; exclamid the