APPENDIX. 50a 



Mture which apply to this rubjedl, will be undeiflood. Impaiisnt of tiio 

 fatigue of inquiry, collefling and compaiing phenomena, lome philofo- 

 phers, with preat precipitation, have pretended to decide it by fyftcm. To 

 folvc ail difficulnes it has been declared by fomc, that there are diircrcnt 

 creations, and races of men : That the white man is one kind, the negro 

 another, and the Indian a third, &c. The bufincfs of making fyftcms lor 

 nature, has feldoin anfwered any other purpofe, than to difcoverthe prc- 

 fumption of thole, who have made them. It has proved fo in this cafe. 

 If tlicre had been as many local creations as there are individuals, this ' 

 •would not afford us any information, or enable us to advance one llep, to- 

 wards a folutiou of the probk'm refpefting the colors of different men. 

 Still the inquiries would remain, wliai is the feat of color in thcfe different 

 men ? Why do tlie rays of light appear of fuch different colors, upon the 

 fkins of the one, and the other ? Wiiy docs on? color appear moll com- 

 mon in a hot, and another color prevail the moll in a cold clinutc ? And 

 how is the change of color produced by marriage and mixture ? Inlleadof 

 amufing ourlelves with theories that are attended with no evidence, and can 

 be of no ufe, what is wanted in this fubjeft, is careful and accurate obfer- 

 vations. Tiiefe will indeed require a long courfe of time, and abilities 

 very different from thofe, which decide by metaphyfical difputes an4 

 {peculations. But it is the only method, in which we have any reafoa to 

 expert our knowledge of this fubje£l will be promoted. 



No. VI. 



GARRANGULA'S SPEECH : 



A fpschncn of Indian policy ^ eloquence, and manners. Chap. 



IX. p. 275. 



IN the year 1684, De la Barre, governor of Canada, marched into 

 the Indian country, with an army of feventeen hundred men. His objeft 

 ■was to dellroy the five nations. Sicknels and famine wafted his army, 

 and he wilhed to conclude the campaign with a treaty of peace. To ef- 

 fe£l his purpofe, he made a fpeech to the Indians, in which he informed 

 them that he came into their country, with no other view than to make 

 peace ; that his mafler was offended with their former condutl, but would 

 forgive them, if they would oblerve the terms that he had prefcribed ; but 

 if they would not fubmit to his prefcriptions, he had orders to declare war 

 againll them, to burn their caftl-s, and put them all to death. 



Garrangula, an Onondago Sachem, heard thefe threats with contempt. 

 He knew the diflreffed ftate of the French army, and that it was wholly 

 out of their power to execute their defigns. He walked five or fix times 

 round the circle, and then anfwered the French governor, who fat in an 

 elbow chair, furrounded by his officers, in the following manner. 



" YONNONDIO,* , ■ 



' I honor you, and the warriors that are with me likewlfe honor 

 • you. Your interpreter has (inilhed your fpeech ; I now begin mine. 

 » Mv words make hade to reach your ears; hearken to them. 



* Yoniiondio vii% the name, by which the Indians always addrefffd the 

 governor of Canada ; QoiUar was their phrafe, when fpcaking to the gov-" 

 emor of N.ew X'Jtk. 



