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as the red man had inhabited the country. The great Father who had created all men, had likewise given him breath, of which he could also deprive him when he thought proper. He was thankful towards Him, who had hitherto preserved his breath, but we are all of dust, & ere long must return to dust. The great Father that dwells above. knows all & sees all, he also looked down upon our poor meeting heard all the words spoken & rejoiced to see us & hear our words, he regarded our smallest actions & had given us many things for our use which we hardly esteemed. Only regard the water without which we cannot live- a mere trifle! but still He created it for our use. And what, above all would the red man do, if He had not made the fire, as he is not so well provided with warm clothing as the white people are- every where the fire his concealed- even from small stones, it could be elicited. And thus every object around us, pointed out (testified of) the omnipotence of GOD. The white Man certainly enjoyed superior advantages- he can provide himself with clothing, to meet the cold. The red man could only build small canoes & cross small streams; the white man could, on the contrary, build immense canoes & safely cross the greatest waters- they too, had the great book out of which they could learn every thing. When the great Father had created Men He had a great book which he had first offered to the red man, with the command to read it. But they could not do this. Hereupon He offered it to the white man with the same command. When the latter saw it he could immediately speak to this book- hence the fact, that the white man knew so many things, which were not known to the red men. The time appeared, however, to be near when the red men should likewise learn to read it. When the white man first came to this country he had the great book in which is written GOD's word, but he did not instruct the red man therein. He must therefore believe, that the great Spirit had made us willing to come & teach them. He for his part bid us welcome he was satisfied & pleased with it. His people were not at home- upon their return he would hold a council with them, & perhaps soon return an answer. He beleived that every one of his people would be equally pleased with himself. He was very glad, that the old & beloved town of Chota had not been forgotten. Although when we arrived there we could not have seen his house any more, as the spot was covered with high grass, still we had found it; - at this he rejoiced exceedingly. He was now alone- the other beloved ones had not moved away- but still they were gone, although they had allways wanted to keep peace". Pointing to the medal which he wore, he said; "this he wore in order allways to think of peace- the medal had been given him by beloved men & for that reason he wore it- he would always preserve peace & never forget the good words of the beloved men of the U. S. He would also retain our good words &deliver them to his people. He intended never to leave Chota- here he would remain until he died or would be killed." He then took hold of every one of us by the right arm & shook it. Mr Stiner having replied to this speech, gave him some tobacco pipes- he said "When smoking out of these pipes & seeing the