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Kinderbook.—Ed. Wash.Correspondence of the Journal ofComineice.Oc^^ib. 1843.Situated as we are In this, region, we have visiters from various quarters of the globe ; who come to see the jGovernment^ or to do ’business-with it. We have bad the Savage and the Civilized Indian from the West, the Sandwich Islander from the Pacific, theGreek from the Archipelago, the Nestorianfrom Persia, with his flowiug beard and graceful turban, the Chinese from Canton, with his pur-jdo robes and long cue, the .Mexican Chief, with his dark and military air, the Winnebago, the Sac and the Pox, in their originalwildness and fanciful costume—and I might•add, iu I heir primitive ferocity, though in repose—the dark copper Cherokee and Choctaw in the dress of a citizen of the Union, his intellect elevated by education and his heart subdued by divine grace, the mustachied Russian from his Hyperborean region; and finally, a Seu inole, one oftha* race that has lor years been hunted in the morasses of Flo rida by the soldiers of the United States Government, has recently visited us. The name of this young man—for he is hut 19 years of ase—is Hesti-culluc-ehee. He. is a nephew of Osceola, the celebrated and unfortunate Chief, who was betrayed into captivity, and subsequently died heartbroken at Fort Moultrie, Charleston. The perhdiiy ofthe whites* combined with the fact of the sinking fortunes of his own country, overwhelmed his lofty spirit, and he shared the doom of his injured and despairing race. The English name of this young Seminole is John Douglass Bemo. Be is tall, strait, and well formed, with an unusually light copper complexion—has W Hi ant dark eyes, and a profusion of iet~ Mack hair; looks, speaks, and walks, fike one of a noble race. His history is almost miraculous, He has recently delivered public addresses in some of ibe churches in Washington, and in Alexandria. And although be is but a novice in the use of the English language, andnoi unfrequently hesitates and boggles, as the expression is, yet these addresses have been listened to with profound interest, and often with flowing, tears. Of his father he speaks as slain, riot hy the sword, but by the alcohol of the white ‘‘Palefaces,” as hfe constantly calls them-Ofhis mother he. speaks affectionately, and truly she merited the name of mother, as she Save birth to sixteen daughters! It was while be wfcs roaming the forest, that he heard Itis name called, as bebelieved, by the voice ohbe “High spirit,” again and* again, at different times. He was a heathen—a savage*—what could be do? What was theleaning of it? He told what he had beard, to his father and mother. They could not Participate in bis feelings, if they believed »ts testimony.Tj __ v i■out Hestilt;euHuc-chee had received impressions which could not be eradiated from ls mind. In a word, he was convinced that Juo Great God had spoken to him. He felt jimself a sirlner, though lie had never heard the Bible speak—haa never seen it—knew jibing about it. The Providence of God imilly brought him, in his wanderings, to ^!* Augustine. There he saw the whites, atlu though pressed with hunger and want, scorned to ask the pittance of a crust of bread |r°m the cru/ei enemies of his country, At egth he sauntered on board a ship in theor—entered as a sailor, that he mighttv is mark in ec some in the is alsiSales 800 d,the rcWe cPBular ( hande ly at brouo $4 atof no contii have inalha 5 irnotice5 3*S H ishippAbou 40e pis the low In:At-20LamlPrweek520 ta:Co,Sh1-2 a LamZ.Hudsother at theLittleOcSuman1voluimadeW ♦ . • ts tnbet \v montCAEdu(in thof 0addreFredfriemfollyTrwillConvAn
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Hudson Columbia Washingtonian
Hudson, New York, US
Thu, Oct 19, 1843
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