NORTH AMERICA. 
Upon this, the head men, or chiefs of the 
whole nation, were convened, and after folemn 
and mature deliberation, they returned flie tra- 
ders their final anfwer and determination, which 
was as follows ; 
(c Brothers and friends, W e have been con- 
sidering upon this bufinefs concerning the cap- 
tives — and that under the eye and fear of the 
Great Spirit. You know that thefe people are 
our cruel enemies ; they fave no lives of us red 
men, who fall in their power. You fay that the 
youth is the Ion of the Spaniih governor ; we be«- 
lieve it $ we are forry he has fallen into our hands, 
but he is our enemy : the two young men (his 
friends) are equally our enemies ; we are forry to 
fee them here ; but we know no difference in 
their flefh and blood ; they are equally our ene- 
mies ; if we fave one we muft fave all three : but 
we cannot do it ; the red men require their blood 
to appeafe the Spirits of their (lain relatives ; they 
have entrufled us with the guardianship of our 
laws and rights, we cannot betray them. 
However we have a Sacred prescription rela- 
tive to this affair, which allows us to extend 
mercy to a certain degree : a third is faved by 
lot ; the Great Spirit allows us to put it to that 
decifion ; he is no refpedter of perfons.” The 
lots w r ere call:. The governor’s fon was taken 
and burnt. 
If we confider them with refpedt to their pri- 
vate character or in a moral view, they mud, I 
think, claim our approbation, if we dived our- 
felves of prejudice and think freely. As moral 
men they certainly Hand in no need of European 
civilisation. 
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