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commit such cruelties on their invaders, it 

 is the general opinion of the Americans 

 that they are not a bad sort of people : — 

 just in their dealings, they seldom do those 

 things without a cause, and are seldom 

 known to break their word. When the 

 British governed America, they used not to 

 take the land without first treating with the 

 Indians and paying them for it, as may 

 be remarked in the Life of General 

 Washington ; who was employed by 

 the British to go up into the country to 

 treat with the Indians. He observes — 

 " They called the British their fathers, and 

 said they were ready to treat with him, as 

 the British never took their land without 

 paying them for it : but the French did not 

 do so - y — they took their land from them and 

 called it their own, and paid them nothing 

 for it. ,! Now the Indians think themselves 

 entitled to the land ; saying the Great 

 Man (as they call him — by which they 

 mean God) planted them there, and gave 

 them the lands for their support. It is 



