﻿HISTORY 
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  THE 
  NEW 
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  buried 
  there. 
  Some 
  Quakers 
  were 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1809 
  an( 
  ^ 
  their 
  

   words 
  satisfactorily 
  settle 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  prophet's 
  

   mission 
  : 
  " 
  We 
  were 
  informed, 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  themselves 
  but 
  the 
  

   interpreter, 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  totally 
  refrained 
  from 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  ardent 
  

   spirits 
  for 
  about 
  nine 
  years, 
  and 
  that 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  will 
  

   touch 
  it." 
  

  

  He 
  visited 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  March 
  1802, 
  

   with 
  some 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Seneca 
  chiefs, 
  and 
  received 
  a 
  letter 
  

   from 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  war, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  gathered 
  that 
  

   his 
  mission 
  was 
  then 
  recent. 
  There 
  is 
  mention 
  of 
  the 
  revelation 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  angels 
  who 
  made 
  it, 
  which 
  was 
  good 
  news 
  because 
  

   of 
  its 
  objects: 
  

  

  Brothers 
  — 
  The 
  President 
  is 
  pleased 
  with 
  seeing 
  you 
  all 
  in 
  good 
  

   health, 
  after 
  so 
  long 
  a 
  journey, 
  and 
  he 
  rejoices 
  in 
  his 
  heart, 
  that 
  

   one 
  of 
  your 
  own 
  people 
  has 
  been 
  employed 
  to 
  make 
  you 
  sober, 
  

   good 
  and 
  happy; 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  so 
  well 
  disposed 
  to 
  give 
  you 
  

   good 
  advice, 
  and 
  to 
  set 
  before 
  you 
  so 
  good 
  examples. 
  

  

  Brothers 
  — 
  If 
  all 
  the 
  red 
  people 
  follow 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  your 
  

   friend 
  and 
  teacher, 
  the 
  Handsome 
  Lake, 
  and 
  in 
  future 
  will 
  be 
  

   sober, 
  honest, 
  industrious 
  and 
  good, 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  but 
  

   the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  will 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  you 
  and 
  make 
  you 
  happy. 
  

  

  From 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  had 
  made 
  efforts 
  to 
  repress 
  

   drunkenness, 
  asking 
  for 
  stringent 
  measures 
  against 
  rum 
  selling 
  

   one 
  year 
  and 
  for 
  their 
  repeal 
  the 
  next. 
  They 
  sadly 
  knew 
  the 
  full 
  

   extent 
  of 
  the 
  evil, 
  but 
  their 
  good 
  resolutions 
  were 
  not 
  proof 
  

   against 
  it. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  there 
  was 
  now 
  a 
  great 
  reformation, 
  

   which 
  yet 
  was 
  not 
  thorough. 
  There 
  came 
  later 
  efforts. 
  In 
  1830 
  

   the 
  Rev. 
  James 
  Cusick, 
  a 
  Tuscarora, 
  founded 
  a 
  temperance 
  soci- 
  

   ety 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  100 
  members, 
  and 
  in 
  1845 
  another 
  of 
  50 
  mem- 
  

   bers. 
  In 
  1845 
  tne 
  Rev. 
  Asher 
  Bliss 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  reser- 
  

   vation 
  : 
  "Temperance 
  societies 
  have 
  been 
  patronized 
  by 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  leading 
  men 
  on 
  the 
  reservation. 
  Pledges 
  have 
  

   been 
  circulated, 
  and 
  received 
  the 
  signatures 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  majority 
  

   of 
  the 
  population, 
  on 
  the 
  Washingtonian 
  plan." 
  

  

  As 
  often 
  as 
  with 
  us 
  these 
  efforts 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  up 
  since, 
  there 
  

   being 
  sometimes 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  temperance 
  organizations 
  on 
  one 
  

   reservation. 
  The 
  Good 
  Templars 
  have 
  had 
  one 
  great 
  advantage 
  

  

  