“Brothers and Sisters:—This (the medal) will give me ease, more than I ever had; and I will listen more than I ever did to white men. I am glad, that my brothers and sisters have heard of the good act that I have done. My brothers and sisters think, that I did it in ignorance; but I now know what I have done. I did do it in ignorance, and did not know, that I did good. But by giving me this medal, I know it.”—Morse’s Report, &c.
END OF VOL. I.
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD-STREET-HILL.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] As the Author has frequently been obliged to employ the distinctive phrase of wild Indians in this work, and has inadvertently omitted to explain it—he would take this opportunity to say, that it indicates those Indians, who have not been cultivated and modified by the influence of civilization.
[2] It is interesting to remark, that M. Cuvier, before he died, had consented to take the chair at the next anniversary of the Paris Bible Society, and to exhibit the proofs of agreement between geological observations and the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge.
[3] This story is constructed from information obtained upon the spot, and is in substance true.
[4] Not having the exact dimensions of these lakes from authority, under hand, these statements are made from recollection, and a glance view of the map. It is thought they are within the actual limits, and sufficiently accurate for the present purpose.
[5] One detachment had been left at Fort Gratiot.