Quaker Biographies (Volume 3); A Series of Sketches, Chiefly Biographical, Concerning Members of the Society of Friends, from the Seventeenth Century (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912. Excerpt: ... ing and the women making maple sugar; and they hoped the Friends would not he in a hurry, but wait for the young men and the women to finish their tasks. The Friends replied politely and at length, that their wives and children, whom they had left at home, had requested them to hurry back. Five Medals remarked that they could easily collect a number of indolent people who were too lazy to hunt or make sugar, but they did not want the Friends to see these. They decided to meet eight days later at Fort Wayne, and Little Turtle asked that what they had to say might be on paper. Gerard Hopkins and George Ellicott spent the eight days as they had spent several that had preceded them in simply waiting. The Indians arrived promptly, and at ten o'clock on the morning of the tenth of Fourth Month the council was seated with much ceremony. The women were in the centre, the men sat in order of rank, and the Friends sat facing the Indians on the opposite side of the room. A lengthy address, written by the Friends, was read, setting forth the superior merits of civilized fife; of having good houses, of cultivating land, of raising cattle, horses, hogs, and sheep, of letting the men do the heavy work and the women the light work. They also said that their friend, Philip Dennis, had left a farm, a wife and five small children at home to come to Fort Wayne and show the Indians how to farm. When the address was finished the Indians arose, solemnly shook hands with the Friends and returned to their seats. Little Turtle replied for the Indians in a speech as elaborate and polite as the address of the Friends. Then the council closed, they shook hands all around and the Friends returned to the hotel. They then set out to see Philip Dennis settled on his farm, thirty-two mile...