[21] The evidence in this matter has long ago been thoroughly sifted; and it is now certain that, so far from being present aiding at the massacre of Logan's family, Colonel Cresap earnestly endeavored to dissuade the party from its purpose. And yet the falsehood is perpetuated even in the common school-books of the country, while its object has been mouldering in his grave for a quarter of a century.--_Western Annals_, p. 147. _American Pioneer_, vol. i., p. 7, _et seq._ [22] Bancroft, vol. iii., p. 254. [23] Bancroft, vol. iii., p. 285.--"The God of the savage was what the metaphysician endeavors to express by the word _substance_." But the Indian's idea of substance was altogether _concrete_. [24] The best authority upon this subject is found in the _Jesuit_ "_Relaciones:_" but it is at least probable, that the preconceptions of the good Fathers colored, and, perhaps, shaped, many of the religious wonders there related. [25] "Lettres Edifiantes," vol. vi., p. 200, _et seq._ Warburton, vol. i., p. 187. [26] The extravagant stories told of the Natchez Indians (among whom there was said to be a remarkable temple for worship) are quite incredible, even if they had not been disproved. [27] When the _manitou_ of the Indian has failed to give him success in the chase, or protection from danger, "he upbraids it with bitterness and contempt, and threatens to seek a more effectual protector. If the _manitou_ continues useless, this threat is fulfilled." Warb. _ut supra_. _Vide_, also, Catlin's "American Indians," vol. i., p. 36, _et seq._ [28] Bancroft, vol. iii., p. 258. [29] "He calls it [the soul] the shadow or image of his body, but its acts and enjoyments are all the same as those of its earthly existence. He only pictures to himself a continuation of present pleasures." Warb. vol. i., p. 190. _Vide_, also, Catlin's "_American Indians_," vol. i., p. 158, _et seq._ [30] The Indian never believed in the resurrection of the body; but even corn and venison were supposed to possess a spirit, which the spirit of the dead warrior might eat.--_Jesuit_ "_Relacion_," 1633, p. 54. [31] "The idea of retribution," says Bancroft, vol. iii., p. 299, "as far as it has found its way among them, was derived from Europeans." And the same remark may be made, of most of the other wonders, in which enthusiastic travellers have discovered coincidences with Christianity. [32] James's "_Expedition_," vol. i., p. 237.--Catlin's "_American Indians_," vol. i., pp. 216-'18. The latter is a zealous apologist for Indian cruelties and barbarisms. [33] "_Conquest of Canada_," vol. i., pp. 194-'5.