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1 faw a young Indian in the Nation, who when 
prefent, and beholding the fcenes of mad in- 
temperance and folly adled by the white men in 
the town, clapped his hand to his bread:, and 
with a fmile, looked aloft as if {truck with ado- 
ni (lament, and wrapt in love and adoration to the 
Deity ; as who Ihould fay, cc O thou Great and 
Good Spirit ! we are indeed fenfible of thy benig- 
nity and favour to us red men, in denying us the 
underdanding of white men. We did not know 
before they came amongft us that mankind could 
become fo bafe, and fall fo below the dignity of 
their nature. Defend us from their manners, laws, 
and power,” 
The Mufcogulges, with their confederates, the 
Cha&aws, Chicafaws, and perhaps the Cherokees, 
eminently deferve the encomium of all nations, 
for their wifdom and virtue in refilling and even 
repelling the greatefl, and even the common ene- 
my of mankind, at leafl of moll of the European 
nations, I mean fpirituous liquors. 
The firfi: and mod cogent article in all their 
treaties with the white people, is, that there {hall 
not be any kind of fpirituous liquors fold or 
brought into their towns; and the traders are 
allowed but two kegs (five gallons each) which 
is fuppofed to be fufncient for a company, to ferve 
them on the road; and if any of this remains on 
their approaching the towns, they mud fpiii it on 
the ground or fecrete it on the road, for it mud 
not come into the town. 
On my journey from Mobile to the Nation, jud 
after we had paffed the junction of the Penfacola 
road with our path, two young traders overtook 
us on their way to the Nation. We inquired 
what 
