Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora IndiansJohnson, Elias
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Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
Johnson, Elias
Iroquois Indians; Tuscarora Indians
These views are submitted to the consideration of the Tuscaroras, in the
hope that they will receive their serious attention, and lead to the
adoption of an improved and proper division of the employments, both of
the men and women of the nation; especially to the extension of more care
towards the suitable education of their females, and the consequent
elevation of the Tuscarora women to their appropriate station and
dignity, as the wives and rational companions of intelligent and educated
husbands.
In my communications, I have not felt it my duty to call your attention
to any particular forms or observances in relation to your religious
obligations. I believe that God is a spirit, and true worship to Him can
only be performed in spirit and in truth. I also believe that however
diversified the human family may be in regard to the circumstances in
which they may be placed, all stand equally before their creator, as
objects of His care and personal regard; in His great mercy He visits us
with remorse and sadness, when we have wilfully done what we know to be
wrong, and which, if persisted in, might lead us to destruction; and it
is He who fills our hearts with peace and consolation when we do that
which we believe to be right. His goodness is not limited to any people
or place nor, is that adoration which is due to Him confined within
temples built with human hands, or restricted to any particular form; He
is everywhere present and in every place; the incense of a pious, devoted
heart, may acceptably be offered to Him in the rude homes of the red man.
The plants of the earth are not more directly under the influences of the
natural light and warmth by which they are nourished, than is the
immortal soul or spirit of man under the immediate care and sustaining
support of the divine presence, which is always near and round about us;
for it is in Him we live, and move, and have our existence.
Deeply impressed with the certainty of these truths, and fully believing
He will never fail to lead in the paths of safety and peace, those who
sincerely look to Him for instruction and faithfully follow His counsel,
I recommend you, with myself, carefully to attend to His manifestations
of light and truth upon our minds, which will never deceive nor mslead,
but, if obeyed, wisely conduct us through the dangers of this life, and
finally will prepare us for a happy admission into the realms of eternal
rest.
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