Gachradodow's Speech
At a council, held at Lancaster, June 30th, 1744, when the Governor observed that certain lands belonged to the great King.
Gachradodow, of the Six Nations, thus spoke -- Great Assaragoa[*] -- The world at the first was made on the other side of the great...
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The speech of Red Jacket, the Seneca Chief, to a Missionary
Governor De Witt Clinton, in his most valuable discourse before the Historical Society of New York, thus notices Red Jacket: "Within a few years, an extraordinary orator has risen among the Senecas; his real name is Saguaha. Without...05-14-2005, 06:32 PM -
Canassatiego's Speech
At a council held in Philadelphia, July, 1742, attended by sundry chiefs from the Six Nations, the Delawares and Folk Indians he thus spoke:
"Brethren, the Governor and Council, -- the other day you informed us of the misbehaviour of our cousins, the...05-14-2005, 07:17 PM -
Speech of Cornplanter
The Speech of Cornplanter to President Washington, at Philadelphia in the year 1790.
"Father: the voice of the Seneca nations speaks to you; the great counsellor, in whose heart the wise men of all the thirteen fires (13 U. S.) have placed their wisdom....05-14-2005, 06:27 PM -
Speech of Black Thunder
The speech of Black Thunder, or Mackanatnamakee, generally styled the patriarch of the Fox Tribe, before the American commissioners, who had assembled many chiefs at a place called the Portage, July, 1815. He rose and addressed himself thus, to the commissioners who opened...05-14-2005, 06:19 PM
