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the poison iire-water, which turns you into fools. 

 Fling all these things away ; live as your wise 

 forefathers lived before you. And as for these 

 English, — these dogs dressed in red, who have 

 come to rob you of your hunting-grounds, and 

 drive away the game, — you must lift the hatchet 

 against them. Wipe them from the face of the 

 earth, and then you will win my favor back again, 

 and once more be happy and prosperous. The chil- 

 dren of your great father, the King of France, 

 are not like the English. Never forget that they 

 are your brethren. They are very dear to me, for 

 they love the red men, and understand the true 

 mode of worshipping me.' " 



The Great Spirit next gave his hearer various 

 precepts of morality and religion, such as the 

 prohibition to marry more than one wife ; and a 

 warning against the practice of magic, which is 

 worshipping the devil. A prayer, embodying the 

 substance of all that he had heard, was then pre- 

 sented to the Delaware. It was cut in hieroglyph- 

 ics upon a wooden stick, after the custom of his 

 people ; and he was directed to send copies of it to 

 all the Indian villages.^ 



The adventurer now departed, and, returning to 

 the earth, reported all the wonders he had seen in 

 the celestial regions. 



Such was the tale told by Pontiac to the council ; 



1 Pontiac, MS. — M'Dougal, MSS. M'Dougal states that he derived 

 his information from an Indian. The author of the Pontiac MS. probably 

 writes on the authority of Canadians, some of whom were present at the 

 council. 



