Some Observations On the Situation, Disposition, And Character of the Indian Natives of This Continent
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The fpeaker, Papun- hank, appeared ferious, as under a fenfe of the Divine Prefence, and concluded with a folemn prayer, with which the whole audience feemed much affefted. About 13 years paft, thefe Indians meeting with difficulty, from an en- creafe of White Settlers near them, by which fpirituous liquors were brought to their towns ; they removed to the Mufkingum, a branch of the Ohio. In their perigrination thither, they were ac- companied by fome of the Moravians, who have long refided wit...h them, and by their careful attention, both to their civil and religious concerns, never leav* ing them, even in the times of their great- eft danger and difficulty, a near and fleady connexion between them took place. C During ( 26 ) During the late troubles, thefe Indians adhering to the principles they had long profeffed, abfolutely refufed to take any part in the war, notwithftanding the threats and repeated abufes they received on that account from other tribes, par- ticularly thofe parties which pafled thro* their towns, in their way to our fron- tiers J whom they fometimes diifuaded from their hoftile intentions, and pre- vailed upon to go back again ; or warn- ed the inhabitants of their danger* This humane condud being confidcred as obftru6tive to the hoftile proceedings of the Tribes at war, was at length made the pretence of carrying them off.
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