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upon your head, in rapid fiery (hafts, and lay you 
proftrate at my feet, and confume your ftores, 
turning them inftantly into dufl and aibes." Mr* 
M'Latche calmly replied, that he was fully fenfi- 
ble that the Long Warrior was a great mm, a 
powerful chief of the bands of the resectable St* 
minoles, that his name was terrible to his ene* 
mies, but ftil-1 he doubted if any man upon earth 
had fuch power, but rather believed that thunder 
and lightning was under the direction of the Great 
Spirit ; but however, fmce we are not difpofed to 
deny your power, fupernatural influence and inter- 
courfe with the elements and fpiritual agents, or 
withhold the refpect and homage due to fo gr 
prince of the Siminoles, friends and allies to the 
white people ; if you think fit now in the prefence 
of us all here, command and caufe yon terrible 
thunder with its rapid fiery {hafts, to defcend upon 
the top of that Live Oak* in front of us, rend it in 
pieces, fcatter his brawny limbs on the earth and 
confume them to ames before our eyes, we will 
then own your fupernatural power and dread your 
clifpleafure. 
After fome filence the prince became more calm 
and eafy, and returned for anfwer, that recollecting 
the former friend (hip and good underftanding, which 
had ever fubfified betwixt the white people and red 
people of the Siminole bands, and in particular, the 
many acts of friendfhip and kindnefs received from 
Mr. M'Latche, he would overlook this affront ; he 
acknowledged hk i jafoning and expoftulations to be 
juft andmanly, that he mould fupprefs his refentment, 
and withhold his power and vengeance at prefenf. 
Mr. M'Latche concluded by faying, that he was not 
* A large ancient Live Oalc flood in the yard about fifty yards diffonce. 
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