LOUISIANA. 29 



" How glad are my eyes and my heart to be- 

 " hold thee this day. Our prefents are fmall, 

 ** but our hearts are great to obey thy word ; at 

 " thy commands thou ihalt fee our legs run and 

 " leap like thofe of the ftags, to do as thou Ihalt 

 ^' pleafe." 



Here the orator paufed a little ; then raifing 

 his voice, he gravely continued his difcourfe. 



*' How beautiful is th€ fun to-day, in com- 

 *' parifon with what it was when thou wert an- 

 •* gry with us ! How dangerous is one villain ! 

 *' Thou knowefl: that a fingle man has killed 

 *' the chief of the prayer *, whofe death has caufed 

 ** that of our befl warriors : we have only old 

 *' men, and women with their children remain- 

 " ing, who ail. (I retch out their arms towards 

 " thee as to a good father. The gall that tot- 

 " merly filled thy heart, has given way to ho- 

 " ney •, the great fpirit is no longer irritated 

 " againft our nation j thou haft required the 

 " head of a villain from our hands, and in order 

 " to obtain peace we hav^e fent it thee. 



" The fun was red before, all the roads were 

 " full of thorns and briars j the clouds v/ere 

 *« black, the water troubled and ftained with 



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* So they call our miflionarics. 



