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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  in 
  bringing 
  the 
  Indians 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  class 
  of 
  white 
  

   people, 
  and 
  being 
  influenced 
  by 
  them. 
  Among 
  themselves, 
  a 
  

   Six 
  Nations 
  Temperance 
  League 
  both 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  New 
  York, 
  

   holds 
  a 
  great 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  bringing 
  representatives 
  of 
  all 
  

   together 
  in 
  various 
  places, 
  with 
  excellent 
  results. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  settlement 
  of 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  some 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  

   became 
  prominent, 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  Honayewus, 
  or 
  Farmer's 
  

   Brother, 
  and 
  Red 
  Jacket, 
  or 
  Sagoyewatha. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  noted 
  

   as 
  an 
  orator, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  Stone 
  quoted 
  Thomas 
  Morris's 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  first 
  knew 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  his 
  prime, 
  being 
  

   probably 
  about 
  36 
  years 
  of 
  age. 
  He 
  was 
  decidedly 
  the 
  most 
  

   eloquent 
  man 
  amongst 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  His 
  stature 
  was 
  rather 
  

   above 
  than 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  size. 
  He 
  was 
  well 
  made. 
  His 
  

   eyes 
  were 
  fine, 
  and 
  expressive 
  of 
  the 
  intellect 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  pos- 
  

   sessed 
  an 
  uncommon 
  portion. 
  His 
  address, 
  particularly 
  when 
  

   he 
  spoke 
  in 
  council, 
  was 
  very 
  fine, 
  and 
  almost 
  majestic. 
  He 
  was 
  

   decidedly 
  the 
  most 
  graceful 
  public 
  speaker 
  I 
  ever 
  heard. 
  He 
  was 
  

   fluent, 
  without 
  being 
  rapid. 
  You 
  could 
  always 
  tell 
  when 
  he 
  

   meant 
  to 
  speak, 
  from 
  the 
  pains 
  he 
  would 
  take 
  before 
  he 
  arose, 
  

   to 
  arrange 
  the 
  silver 
  ornaments 
  on 
  his 
  arms, 
  and 
  the 
  graceful 
  

   fold 
  he 
  would 
  give 
  to 
  his 
  blanket. 
  

  

  Farmer's 
  Brother 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  born 
  about 
  1730 
  and 
  died 
  in 
  

   1814. 
  Though 
  he 
  spoke 
  often, 
  he. 
  preferred 
  being 
  a 
  warrior 
  to 
  

   shining 
  as 
  an 
  orator. 
  Stone 
  said 
  of 
  him 
  : 
  

  

  Beyond 
  all 
  doubt 
  he 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  noblest 
  of 
  his 
  race, 
  — 
  in 
  

   both 
  intellect 
  and 
  eloquence 
  fully 
  equal 
  to 
  Red 
  Jacket, 
  and 
  infi- 
  

   nitely 
  above 
  him 
  in 
  courage 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  moral 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  

   man. 
  . 
  . 
  He 
  lived 
  and 
  died 
  a 
  sober 
  man. 
  He 
  was 
  remarkably 
  

   well 
  formed, 
  and 
  erect 
  in 
  his 
  carriage, 
  and 
  trod 
  the 
  earth 
  with 
  a 
  

   firm 
  step 
  to 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  The 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  had 
  tried 
  to 
  restrain 
  the 
  western 
  Indians, 
  

  

  but, 
  at 
  the 
  battle 
  of 
  Tippecanoe, 
  Nov. 
  7, 
  181 
  1, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  many 
  

  

  voting 
  Senecas 
  were 
  engaged. 
  Troubles 
  with 
  England 
  came 
  to 
  

  

  a 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  War 
  of 
  1812; 
  and 
  Hon. 
  Erastus 
  Granger 
  held 
  a 
  

  

  council 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  July 
  6, 
  repeating 
  Washington's 
  advice 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Indians, 
  " 
  That 
  you 
  take 
  no 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  quarrels 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  

  

  people." 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  regretted 
  that 
  those 
  in 
  Canada 
  had 
  taken 
  

  

  up 
  arms, 
  and 
  another 
  peace 
  messenger 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

  

  