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Description:Excerpt from Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, for Promoting the Civilization and Improving the Condition, of the Seneca Nation of IndiansThis has been deemed the more necessary as, by being made fully acquainted with the former and present circum stances of those Indians, our members will be better able to judge, what it may be proper for the society of Friends here after to do for them, should our connexion with them be con tinued.In the course of their labors, the joint Committees of the four Yearly meetings here referred to, have encountered many formidable obstacles; and among other difficulties they have had to struggle with a powerful combination, composed of an inﬂuential body of men, deeply interested, and resolutely de termined to drive these Indians from the homes descended to them, through many generations, from their forefathers, and who did not hesitate to resort to every means in their power to effect that object. The result that must have followed this cruel purpose, had it succeeded, may be seen in the melan choly fate which befel that portion of the Senecas, who were decoyed off to the west in the summer of 1846.When the committee embarked in this effort to change the entire habits of a whole community or nation, strongly attached as these Indians were, to the usages and practices of their an cestors, and educated, as they had been, in a hereditary aver sion to the institutions of civilization, they were fully aware that the undertaking was one of uncertain issue, and under the most favorable circumstances must have been expected to involve, much time and labor. By steadily persuing their purpose however, cheered under the most adverse circum stances by the unbounded confidence of the Indians, and sus tained by the consoling assurances of their own feelings, that they were endeavoring to discharge what they believed to be their duty, towards an Oppressed and grievously wronged peo ple, they yielded to no discouragements, and have now the satisfaction to witness a most favorable and radical change, ra pidly advancing among the Senecas, affording a consoling prospect that this remnant of a once numerous and powerful people, will be rescued from the melancholy fate that has be fallen so many tribes of their race in our country.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and ... Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians. To get started finding Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and ... Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, for Promoting the Civilization and Improving the Condition, of the Seneca Nation of IndiansThis has been deemed the more necessary as, by being made fully acquainted with the former and present circum stances of those Indians, our members will be better able to judge, what it may be proper for the society of Friends here after to do for them, should our connexion with them be con tinued.In the course of their labors, the joint Committees of the four Yearly meetings here referred to, have encountered many formidable obstacles; and among other difficulties they have had to struggle with a powerful combination, composed of an inﬂuential body of men, deeply interested, and resolutely de termined to drive these Indians from the homes descended to them, through many generations, from their forefathers, and who did not hesitate to resort to every means in their power to effect that object. The result that must have followed this cruel purpose, had it succeeded, may be seen in the melan choly fate which befel that portion of the Senecas, who were decoyed off to the west in the summer of 1846.When the committee embarked in this effort to change the entire habits of a whole community or nation, strongly attached as these Indians were, to the usages and practices of their an cestors, and educated, as they had been, in a hereditary aver sion to the institutions of civilization, they were fully aware that the undertaking was one of uncertain issue, and under the most favorable circumstances must have been expected to involve, much time and labor. By steadily persuing their purpose however, cheered under the most adverse circum stances by the unbounded confidence of the Indians, and sus tained by the consoling assurances of their own feelings, that they were endeavoring to discharge what they believed to be their duty, towards an Oppressed and grievously wronged peo ple, they yielded to no discouragements, and have now the satisfaction to witness a most favorable and radical change, ra pidly advancing among the Senecas, affording a consoling prospect that this remnant of a once numerous and powerful people, will be rescued from the melancholy fate that has be fallen so many tribes of their race in our country.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and ... Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians. To get started finding Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and ... Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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