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R.? consulted his divining stone, to determine whether the candidate for the office would live to old age, if the answer was in the affirmative, he said in the stone (unclear it is said)an old man with white hair and a white beard. From all circumstances it seems evident that provisions to their acquaintance with Europeans, they had ever worn a long heart; but on becoming acquainted with them, they, by degrees, unclear to imitate them, so that fifty or sixty years ago, a long beard, though common, began to appear inunclear, and therefore they commenced pulling it out. They also commenced, as far as I can determine, the practice of pulling out their hair ^at the age of unclear^ about the same period. That is, a ring round the head about two inches wide, leaving a tuft on the crown, and some also below the ring. This they pulled so constantly that at length it refused to grow and the shave on the head appeared as if no hair had ever been on it. In the same way they made themselves appear beardless. But the Indians, or red people of this continent are evidently one race of people. This, I presume, no one will doubt, who is in the least acquainted with them. Therefore it is evident, I think, that the Indians are as far from being beardless, as any other race of men whatever. P.S? Mr A Sanders Mr unclear interpreter whose mother is a full Cherokee, sign the above statements are consent & though between 40 & to years oldunclear he never found a Cherokee without a beard only he had pulled it out A.E. Blunt The Indians say that red is the most perfect unclear complete colour, and glory in it as distinguishing them from other people, and showing them to be the direct and unadulterated descendants from the the first man, unclear, they say was unclear, made of red earth. This is correct unclear if the Indians are the only red people, then it is a unclear that they are the only people resembling, in complexion, our first parents. But the unclear claim to be the direct descendents from Adam, which claim is substantiated by scripture genealogy. But just as far as they resemble Adam, in complexion they are red. The question then arises why the jews are not red? The reason why Judah & Benjamin are not red is obvious. They have to a great extent, amalgamated with other nations. "one hundred unclear twenty nine years before Christ John unclear having conquered the Elomites?, or unclear, redrew them to this unclear, either to embrace the jewish religion, or else leave their country, whereon choosing rather to leave their idolatry than their country, they all became proselytes to the jewish religion; and hereon living incorporated into the jewish nation, as well as into the jewish church, they thenceforth became reputed as one and the same