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Indian’s Regret,” and which is the language of all, who
have been brought from darkness, to the marvelous
light of the gospel :—

“ 0 had our Indian fathers known
VVhat Prophets told of Christ and heaven !
For them, We drop a tear and mourn,

But Weep for joy, our sins forgiven.’

CHAPTER V.

THE traditions handed down from father to son, were
held Very sacred; one half of these are not known by
the white people,however far their researches may have
extended. There is an unwillingness, on the part of the
Indians to communicate many of their traditions. The
only way to come at these is, to educate the Indians, so
that they may be able to write out what they have heard,
or may hear, and publish it. Should I be spared till
next summer,I design to Visit my people in the far
west, and abide with them long enough to learn the rest
of their traditions, with an account of their migration to
this country. My own belief is, that they came to this
country, and fought with the original inhabitants ; and
having overpowered them, became the owners of the
soil. I will not now give my reasons for this belief, as
I expect at some future day to collect all the necessary
information for this purpose, from histories and disco-
veries, corroborated by these traditions. My readers
will then be able to Judge whether we are to be identi-