THERE are few people who knowingly deceive themselves; but a great many who deceive themselves without knowing it. I hope, my boys, that you will do neither the one nor the other. Perhaps we never deceive ourselves more than when we endeavour to deceive others. The boy who thinks that he cheats his master by repeating his old lesson instead of learning a new one, or by getting another boy to do his task for him, is cheating himself much more than his master; and this he will find on some future day. He who cheats another out of a trifle is not aware that he is cheating himself out of a thing of great importance, and that is, the consciousness of his own integrity. Why, this is a jewel in a man's bosom that all the roguery in the world can never obtain: so that the man who acts dishonestly is deceiving himself. Jonathan Wild, even from his earliest years, was so clever in deceiving others, that he was more than a match for those with whom he associated. He continued to deceive all through his life: but, alas! no one was half so much deceived as himself; for he cheated himself out of all the comforts that an honest man enjoys, and endured the evils that 354 LETTER FROM UNCLE NEWBURY. a dishonest man has to suffer ;—a pris- call your friends would cling around on and a gallows were his reward. Lay it down, my boys, as a standing rule, that to do an evil deed, however advantageous it may appear, is to deceive yourselves: There are but very few schoolboys who do not remember the lines When house and land are gone and spent," Then learning is most excellent." -but forget not, that the excellency of learning consists in the good use to which it is applied : if you judge other. wise, you deceive yourselves. Be not deceived in thinking that money can make you happy, though this is one of the most common errors No, no: prevailing in the world. money is an admirable thing in good hands, and enables many to do much good: but, though your paths were paved with bright guineas, you might still be as unhappy as misery could make you. Deceive not yourselves in depending on reputation: inestimable as it is, it hangs on the frail thread of human opinion; and the breath of calumny may blow it away forever. Esteem and honour your friends; but run not into the error of depending upon them: rather think how you can serve them, than how you can be served by them. Do not deceive yourselves in believing, that should you deprive yourselves by folly, or be deprived by misfortunes, of your possessions, the many you now you if you think this, you are sadly But a few there were who endur'd the blast, And succour'd her in her distress to the last. She righted again, and she brav'd the tide : How her mariners all came back again! That ship of the terrible storm shall tell; Who abandon'd her not in her hour of despair. I hope, my boys, that I am not deceiving myself, in thinking that you will reWhat! member what I say to you. shall Uncle Newbury give you all his maxims in vain? Never, never let it be said that you neglected the admonitions of an old man who was warmly welfare. Remember your interested in that I am not a crusty crabstick of an old fellow, that would fright away mirth and pleasure; but, on the contrary, one who delights to see youth, and innocence, and happiness, go hand in hand through the world. But now, my boys, comes my most important charge on the maxim—" Do THE SACS AND FOXES IN BOSTON. not deceive yourself." You may deceive yourselves, and all around you, a thousand and a thousand times in worldly affairs, and yet find opportunities to atone for your errors: but, my dear boys, do not deceive yourselves in reference to eternity. Eternity! words are not yet formed that can fully explain all that it involves but enough that it contains never-ending joy, and never-ending woe. My maxims, it is true, are moral maxims: but it would be immorality in an old man, who has been taught by bitter experience the instability of all things here below, to omit the 355 opportunity of directing your youthful mind to things that shall abide for ever. Take then, in one word, the conviction that past events have impressed on the mind of Uncle Newbury. Could you, through the longest life, enjoy the wealth, the honours, and the pleasures of the world, all of them put together would be as nothing, in the latter end of your days, compared with the wellgrounded hope of eternal life through the merits of our blessed Redeemer. Most earnestly, and most affectionately, does he press this on your consideration. THE INDIAN WARRIORS IN BOSTON. The following is a list of the Sacs and Foxes. The first is their Indian, the second their American name. About half of them were chiefs. Kee-o-kuck is the principal chief of the Sacs and Foxes. Delegates. SOME of our readers will probably learn from the newspapers, that the Indian delegates, who lately visited the city of Washington, came afterwards to Boston; where they were received and treated with much attention. Still it is believed that most of the readers of the magazine will like to have a full and Wan-cai-chai accurate account of it to preserve. The Indians consisted of delegates from four tribes, the Sacs, Foxes, Ioways and Sioux. There were about 30 of the Sacs and Foxes, and 20 of the oth All of the men west of the Mississippi river, a long way above St. Louis. They arrived in Boston on Friday, Oct. 27th, and stopped at Concert Hall. Kee-o-kuck A-she-an-kon Pa-sha-ka-se Kar-kar-ne-we-nar As-ke-puck-a-wan Qua-qua-nad-be qua Paa-ka-kar Wan-pa-shar-kon Waa-pi-mank Po-we-sheek An-non-e-wit Kan-kan-ke The Watchful Fox The Hereditary Chief The Long Horned Elk The Self-made Man The Green Track The Man with one Log 356 THE INDIAN WARRIORS IN BOSTON. Sioux on the other; the latter being at enmity with the former. The Sacs and Foxes were dressed in their native costume, the whole body, above the waist, being naked, or protected only by a blanket thrown carelessly over the shoulders. Their faces were either stained on one side with red or stains and marks on their backs, arms, yellow, or tattooed. Some of them had &c. On their heads they usually wore caps with feathers; though the famous Black Hawk, now a very old and venerable looking man, had on his head nothing but a dirty handkerchief. Some of them were very large and stout men, and one or two were about six feet in height; in general, however, they were not remarkably large or strong built, but rather well formed for activity. The Sioux were not dressed in their native costume, but in a gay military dress; and therefore did not seem to attract very much attention, except when they spoke. Kee-o-kuck, the principal chief, is tall, straight, and rather graceful. He was clothed with a skin, and in his hand he held something like a staff with a curiously contrived handle, and a metal piece, in the shape of a sword, extending above. In speaking, he often moved the staff, and in walking, he used it as an ordinary cane. One chief was dressed in a Buffalo skin, with the horns remaining and standing out on each side of his head. When he afterwards made a speech, he RECEPTION OF THE INDIAN WARRIORS. took off this head gear, and handed it to the Mayor, leaving his body and head entirely naked to the waist. When they were fairly arranged in the Hall, the Mayor addressed them in a speech, which was interpreted to the various tribes by persons who were present for the purpose. The speech was a fine one, and was replied to by Kee-okuck, by the chief with the Buffalo skin, and by one of the Sioux chiefs. All seemed well pleased, and every thing passed off happily. On Monday morning, Oct. 30, all of the Indians but the Sacs and Foxes, left me city early, for the West. Those who remained had a levee at 10 o'clock at Faneuil Hall, for the ladies only. These were introduced under the charge of the marshals of the city. At one o'clock in the afternoon the Indians assembled in the Representatives' Hall at the State House, with the Governor and many state and other officers, and a great concourse of citizens, where the Governor, after addressing the peo ple briefly, proceeded to make the following address to the Indians, which was explained to them, sentence by sentence, by the interpreters, to which they replied by a sound like ugh, expressed very strongly. "Chiefs and warriors of the United Sacs and Foxes, you are welcome to our Hall of Council. "Brothers! We have heard the names of your Chiefs and Warriors; our brethren who have travelled into the West $57 have told us a great deal of the Sacs and Foxes. We are rejoiced to see you with our own eyes, and take you by the hand. "Brothers! We are called the Massachusetts. This is the name of the red men that once lived here. Their wigwams filled yonder fields, their Council fire was kindled on this spot. "Brothers! When our fathers came over the great water, they were a small band. The red man stood upon the rock by the sea-side, and saw our fathers. He might have pushed them into the water and drowned them. But he stretched out his arm to our fathers and said, 'Welcome, white men.' Our fathers were hungry, and the red man gave them corn and venison. Our fathers were cold, and the red man wrapped them up in his blanket. We are now numerous and powerful, but we remember the kindness of the red man to our fathers. Brothers, you are welcome, we are glad to see you. "Brothers! our faces are pale and your faces are dark; but our hearts are alike. The great spirit has made his children of different colours, but he loves them all. "Brothers! You dwell between the Mississippi and the Missouri. They are mighty rivers. They have one branch far East in the Alleghanies, and another far West in the Rocky Mountains; but they flow together at last into one great Stream, and run down together into the Sea. In like manner, the red man |