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upon your head, in rapid fiery fhafts,- and lay you 
proftrate at my feet, and confume your ftores^ 
turning them inftantly into dull and allies.” Mr. 
M c Latche calmly replied, that he was fully fenfi- 
ble that the Long Warrior was a great man, a 
powerful chief of the bands of the refpe enable Si- 
minoles, that his name was terrible to his ene- 
mies, but ftill he doubted if any man upon earth 
had fuch power, but rather believed that thunder 
and lightning were under the diredtion of the Great 
Spirit ; but however, fince we are not difpofed to 
deny your power, fupernatural influence and inter- 
courfe with the elements and fpiritual agents, or 
withhold the refpedt and homage due to fo great a 
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 fhafts, to defcend upon 
the top of that Live Oak* in front of us, rend it in 
pieces, fcatter his brawny lirnbs on the earth and 
confume them to allies before our eyes, we will 
then own your fupernatural power, and dread your 
dilpleafure. 
After fome filence the prince became more calm 
and eafy ; and returned for anfwer, that recolledting 
the former friendlhip and good underftanding which 
had ever fubfifted betwixt the white people and red 
people of the Siminole bands, and in particular, the 
many adts of friendfhip and kindnefs received from 
Mr. M c Latche, he would overlook this affront; he 
acknowledged his reafoning and expoftulations to be 
juft and manly, that he Ihould fupprefs his refentment, 
and withhold his power and vengeance at prefent. 
Mr. M c Latche concluded by faying, that he was not 
* A large ancient Live Oak Rood in the yard about fifty yards diftance. 
