. Camps and firesides of the revolution . water ; and such placesare common in the lakes and rivers here. no. 3o] An Indian King 89 30. Indian Speeches By George Washington (1754) About two miles from this, on the southeast sideof the river, lives Shingiss, King of the called upon him to invite him to a council atLogstown. Shingiss attended us to Logstown. Assoon as Icame intotown I wentto Monaca-toocha ( asthe Half-King wasout hunt-ing). I in-formed himthat I wassent as a messenger to the French gen- ^eral, and was ordered to visit Wmthe sachems of the Six Nations J/j^so that the
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . water ; and such placesare common in the lakes and rivers here. no. 3o] An Indian King 89 30. Indian Speeches By George Washington (1754) About two miles from this, on the southeast sideof the river, lives Shingiss, King of the called upon him to invite him to a council atLogstown. Shingiss attended us to Logstown. Assoon as Icame intotown I wentto Monaca-toocha ( asthe Half-King wasout hunt-ing). I in-formed himthat I wassent as a messenger to the French gen- ^eral, and was ordered to visit Wmthe sachems of the Six Nations J/j^so that they might know myerrand. I gave him a string of wampum and a twist oftobacco, and desired him to send for the Half-King,and for other sachems, which he promised to do bya runner in the morning. I invited him and the othergreat men present to my tent, where they stayed aboutan hour, and returned. About three oclock this evening, the Half-Kingcame to town. I went up and invited him, with aninterpreter, privately to my tent. I desired him to. AN INDIAN HEAD-DRESS. Washington,then onlytwenty-twoyears old,was sent outby the Britishto warn theFrench not tobuild fortson theAlleghenyand Ohiorivers. Half-King,a famousIndian chief. In dealingwith theIndians pres-ents alwaysmust begiven. 9o Th ie hirli, ums [No. 30 In confer-ence withother Ind-ians, or withwhite men,the Indiansgave symboli-cal presents,— a hatchetfor war, abelt for peace,etc. That is, theFrench com-mander saidthat the Ind-ians hadacceptedwampum relate some of the particulars of his journey to theFrench commandant, and of his reception there. When he went to the fort, he said he was receivedin a very stern manner by the late commander, whoasked him very abruptly what he had come aboutand told him to declare his business. So the Half-King said he made the following speech : — Fathers, I am come to tell you your own speeches,what your own mouths have declared. Fathers, in former clays you set a silver dishbefore us, wherei
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