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tiers, it might be the means of
terminating all future differences without
war; of cultivating harmony and
friendship among the tribes; of bring-
ing offenders on both sides to justice,
and causing treaties to be respected
throughout the different nations. If
such a system could be introduced
cultivation and instruction would
naturally follow and the Americans and
Indians would become one people, and
have but one interest at heart
-the good of the whole. That such a
thing should take place is cer-
tainly desirable. Let us, therefore, in
the first place, follow the example
of Gideon by erecting an altar, and
offer the necessary sacrifices to obtain
peace permanent; let every probable
means be made use of to enlighten
the poor heathens that they may quit
their childish and cruel customs,
and add to their love of liberty and
hospitality, piety, industry, mechanical
and literary acquirements; let us join them
in prayer that the "Great
Spirit" may enlighten their eyes
and purify their hearts, give them a clear
sky and smooth water, guard them against
the bad birds, and remove
the briars from their paths; protect
them from the dogs of war, which
are ever exciting them to acts of
barbarous cruelty, that they may never
attend to their barking, but continue to
keep the bloody hatchet in the
ground and smoke the calumet of peace
until its odors perfume the air.
Sweet Peace! source of joy, parent of plenty,
promoter of com-
merce and manufacturers, nurse of arts
and agriculture, angelic Peace!
Could I but set forth thy amiable
qualities, who would but love thee?
0, daughter of heaven, first offspring
of the God of Love, hasten to
make thy residence with us on earth!
MONUMENT TO ANTHONY WAYNE.
It is possible that a monument to
General Anthony Wayne may be
erected in Roche de Boeuf, the famous
rock in the Maumee river near
Grand Rapids. At a recent meeting of the
Maumee Valley Pioneer
Association held in Toledo, J. L. Pray
said that the association hoped
some time to secure Roche de Boeuf to
the state and erect on it a
statue of "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
On the afternoon before the battle
of Fallen Timber, after Wayne's army had
arrived at that point from
Fort Defiance, Wayne and his officers
are said to have waded the shallow
rapids to Roche de Boeuf and took their
dinner on the rock.
Wayne's greatest deeds were done in this
vicinity and, there being
no monument to his valor nearer than
Fort Wayne, it is proposed to
erect a statue of the great warrior on
the famous rock.
For many years the idea has been
entertained by people in Defiance
and vicinity to have a monument built to
General Wayne on the site of
Fort Defiance, and ex-Congressman
Campbell tried to get Congress to
make an appropriation for this, but
without effect. Although Roche de
Boeuf has many historical associations
in connection with Wayne, Fort.