I am going to Washington soon to lay my Petition
before the Congress of the United States and urgede them
to grant my Prayer for the benefit of both the white
and Red men. I want your aid. I want you to sign my
petition that the voice of thousands may be bheard in
behalf of this petiontion. I want the names of Legeslators
Governors and American citizens in General that my prayer
may be heard & answerd. Give the North American Indians
A home, a place whare the soles of their feet can rest in peace
then you will do your duty towards them, & place them in a
situations whare you can teach them Literature, Agriculture,
& Commerce. give them the chance the white man has, And I
prophesy in the name of the Lord that there will ere long be
found among them their Philosophers, Franklins, & Washing-
tons, who would do honor to any civillized or Christian
Nation on the globe. But let this Nation turn a deaf ear to
my petitions and the petitions of the Indians, continue
to oppress them and drive them to desperation, and the
hour is near when the campfire will be seen upon many a
hill. The war hoop will reache from one end of the Rocky
Mountains to the other. The Indian will then sell his life
as dear as possible and deal out death whareever an opportunit[y]
offers. when this blow is struk It will be Terrible to all
May God forbid that shch such a blow should fall at all, that the
scenes of Bloody Brook should any more be enacted.

American citizens it is to ward of this blow that I now stand
before you, That I now call upon this Nation bearing a petition
unto them. Will you hear my prayer. Will you give the
Indian his rights. Will you help bury the hate hat forever
or will you make a grave to bury your dead I leave you to DECIDE

The following is A true copy of the Petition

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives

The memorial of the undersigned citizens and Residence of the United
States Most Respectfully showeth

That the present state of the Indian Tribes within the jusrisdiction
of the United States and the continant of North America is
a subject worthy of the consideration of evry Christian and
philanthropist in this union. That if by any practical method
these Aboriginal and Primitive owners of the soil can be civillized
and incorporated into the body politic as enlightend and useful
citizens no time should be lost in making the attempt.

The rapid advancing spirit of the age presents this subject before
Congress as indispensible to be acted upon now. With this subject in
view and with earnest prayer to Almighty God to enlighten your councils
on this momentous subject we the under signed present the cause
of the Indians to the earnest consideration of your Honorable Body
praying that such means may be spedily adopted that will give to the
Red Man a permanent home and all the Arts conveniences and com-
forts of civillized life. To this end we pray that A sufficent portion of the
great North Western Territory may be appropriated to this use for the
reception & consentration of such of the Indian Tribes as may Be willing to become agricult-
urist and recieve from the hands of the white man a sound ysystem of moral & intellectual
training. The land so appropriated to be erected into an Indian District subject to such form of
goverment & such laws as Congress may deem consistant with the constitution & laws of the United States

I am going to Washington so on to lay my Petition before the Congress of the United States and urged them to grant my Prayer for the benefit of both the white and Red men. I want your aid, I want you to sign my petition that the voice of thousands may beheard in behalf of this petition. I want the names of Legeslators Governors and American citizens in General that my prayer may be heard & answerd. Give the North American Indians A home, a place whare the soles of their feet can rest in peace then you will do your duty towards them, & place them in a situations whare you can teach them Literature, Agriculture, & Commerce, give them the chance the white man has, And I Prophesy in the name of the Lord that there will ere long be found among them their Philosophers, Franklins, & Washingtons, who would do honor to any civillized or Christian Nation on the globe. But let this Nation turn a deaf ear to my Petitions and the Petitions of the Indians, continue to oppress them and drive them to desperation, and the hour is near when the campfire will be seen upon many a hill. The war hoop will reache from one end of the Rocky Mountains to the other. The Indian will then sell his life as dear as possible and deal out death whareever an opportunity offers. When this blow is struk It will be Terrible to all May God forbid that such a blow should fall at all, that the scenes of Bloody Brook should any more be enacted.

American Citizens it is to ward of this blow that I now stand before you, That I now call upon this Nation bearing a petition unto them, will you hear my Prayer, will you give the Indian his rights, will you help bury the hate hat forever Or will you make a grave to bury your dead I leave you to DECIDE

The following is A true copy of the Petition

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives The memorial of the undersigned citizens and Residence of the United States Most Respectfully showeth That the present state of the Indian Tribes within the jurisdiction of the United States and the continant of North America is a subject worthy of the consideration of evry Christian and philanthropist in this union. That if by any practical method these Aboriginal and Primitive owners of the soil can be civillized and incorporated into the body politic as enlightened and useful citizens no time should be lost in making the attempt.

The rapid advancing spirit of the age presents this subject before Congress as indispensible to be acted upon now. With this subject in view and with earnest prayer to Almighty God to Enlighten your councils on this momentous subject we the under signed present the cause of the Indians to the Earnest consideration of your Honorable Body praying that such means may be spedily adopted that will give to the Red Man a permanent home and all the Arts conveniences and comforts of civillized life. To this End we pray that A sufficent portion of the great North Western Territory may be appropriated to this use for the reception & consentration of such of the Indian Tribes as may Be willing to become agriculturist and recieve from the hands of the white man a soundsystem of moral & intellectual training. The land so appropriated to be erected into an Indian District subject to such form of goverment & such laws as Congress may deem consistant with the constitution & laws of the United States