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Title: Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian Wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Frost, John, 1800-1859
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: Boston, L. P. Crown & Co. Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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Aroundthe circle which they formed was gathered a crowdof wondering savages, with eager looks seeming todemand the true God at the hands of their wise men.In the middle of the circle sat the aged and way-worn missionary. A few gray hairs were scatteredover his forehead; his hands were crossed on hisbreast; and, as he turned his hope-beaming eyestowards heaven, he seemed to be calling with piou>fervour upon the God of truth, to vindicate his owneternal word by the mouth of his servant. For several minutes there was deep silence in thevalley, save the whispering of the wind in the trees,and the gentle murmuring of the stream. Then allat once the hum of many voices was heard throughthe crowd, for the prophet of the Alleghany was seendescending one of the hills. With hurried steps andfurious looks he entered the circle; and the mission-ary saw with surprise the same tall chief who, twoyears before, had crossed him in the Tuscarora forest.The same deer-skin hung over his shoulders, the
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THE PROPHET OF THE ALLEGHANY. 181 same tomahawk glittered in his hand, and the samefiery and turbulent spirit shot from his eyes. Headdressed the awe-struck savages, and the whole val-ley rung with the sound of his iron voice. Red men of the woods! hear what the Great Spiritsays to his children who have forsaken him ! There was a time when our fathers owned thisisland.* Their lands extended from the rising to thesetting sun. The Great Spirit made it for their use.He made the buffalo and the deer for their food; thebeaver and the bear, too, he made, and their skinsserved us for clothing. He sent rain upon the earth,and it produced corn. All this he did for his Redchildren, because he loved them. But an evil daycame upon us. The White men crossed the waterand landed on this island—their numbers were small:they found friends, not enemies. They told us theyhad fled from their own country, because of wickedmen, and had come here to enjoy their own religion.We took pity on them, and they

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