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peculiarly neceffary, or fhould they lead 
any who are better qualitied to fuggeit mes 
thods for preventing “fuch'a national evil, 
fincere pleafure wouid be afforded to - 
A WELL-WISHER TO THE PUBLIC. 
» May 10, 1805. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. ’ 
bey Sah , : 
HE different fituations and compara- 
_ tive advantages of a ftate of barbarifm 
and civilization, have employed, at dif- 
ferent times, the abilities of the molt emi- 
nent writers, and been illuftrated by the 
femarks of the molt penetrating geniufes. 
Not all the ingenious arguments adduced 
on both files of this queftion would per- 
haps throw fo much light on this intereft- 
irs fubjeét, or prove fo inftru@ive to the 
pnilofopher, as the ideas and converfation 
of an American chieftain, who, having 
lately paffed fome time in London, is now 
preparing to return to his native country, 
and who is perhaps placed in the moft ex- 
traordinary fituation that ever fell to the 
lotof man. Asa few particulars refpect- 
ing him can hardly fail of being interelting 
to your readers, the following lines, if 
they fuit the plan of your excellent Maga- 
zine, are muchat your fervice. 
This remarkable perfon is defcended 
from the chief of the tribe of Mohawks, 
the firft of the Five Nations that occupy 
the extenfive country of Canada. His 
mother, however, wasa European ; and 
he was fent, when only fourteen years of 
age, to receive his education in the Uni- 
verfity of Edinburgh. Afier {pending 
two, year’s in the perufal of the elegant 
writings of the ancients, and in the pur- 
fuit of the fofter ftudies of the belles. 
letires, he returned to his native land, to 
raife the warhoop to his warriors as the 
fignal of battle, or to lift the tomahawk 
againft the foes of his country. Among 
his fubjeéts this Indian monarch bears 
the name of Teyoninhac aia weu; when 
in England he affumed that of John Nor- 
ton. He married an Indian woman after 
his return to Canada, by whom he has 
two children. - Some difputes having 
arifen with the Englith refpe€ting the line 
of demarcation fettled at the cloie of the 
American war, this patriotic monarch 
underteck the office of ambaffador to this 
country, for which he was fo eminently 
qualified, and once mote paid a vifit to 
Britain. He brought with him his Indian 
drefs, in which he fometimes appeared to 
thole with whom he was particularly intt- 
mate. In this drefs his portrait’was taken 
by Milfs Knight, and was difplayed in 
Anerivan Chieftaim—Dueries, Se. 
[ July I, } 
the laf Exhibition of the Royal Academy ! 
At other times he was no way diftinguifhe. 
able except by the braid in which his hait 
was tied. His noble figure; of about fix 
feet in height, was rendered doubly agreee 
able by the amiabie benevolence of his 
countenance. So far was he from being 
dazzled or feduced by the luxury of this 
country, that he never {poke of his wife 
or children without a tear gliftening in his 
eye, while he often expreffed his fincere 
defire of embracing them once more.-~ 
This amiable man had formed the patri- 
otic and benevolent defign of converting 
‘his fubjeéts to the Chrifian religion, and ° 
for that purpofe has taken the pains of 
tranflating the Gofpel of St. John into the 
Mehawk language, — : 
It is impoflible to fay how long we 
fhall continue to prefer the bloody ambi. 
tion of a Czlar to the amiable patriotifm 
of Teyoninbac aia weu; yet nothing 
could prove more interefting to the public 
than a complete account of his hiftory, &c. 
This would, however, be foreign to my pui= 
pofe, which is rathergo excite than gratify 
the curicfity of your readers ; but as he 
has fpent fome time at the houfe. of Lord 
Teignmouth, itis to be wifhed that the 
public fhould receive this interefling in- 
formation from his elegant and ingenious 
pen, Iam, Sir, &c. Hussa. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
SHOULD be very much obliged if 
you, or any of your Correfpondents 
would inform me whether the Works of 
Athenzus have ever been publifhed in the 
Englith language ?—at what time ?—and 
in what form ?—Alfo, whether the fecond — 
volume of * Ogle’s Antiquities explain- 
‘ed, with figured Gems, and illuftrated 
with Defcriptions from the ‘Claffics,” is 
any where to becbtained ? I have in my 
poffeffion the firft volume, printed in gto’ 
in the year 1737, with fifty plates, by 
‘Claude Du Botc. : 
Iam, Sir, your’s, &c. ALES 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SiR, } 
AN any of yours readers, fond of — 
Spanifh literature, favour me by giv- 
ing a few particulars of the Life and 
‘Works of Don Aguftin Francifco Cifné- 
ros; a poet whe was a competitor with 
Melendez Valdes for the Academic Prize 
the 18th of March, 1780? 
: -- A CONSTANT READER. 
May 28, 1205.- 
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