Adopt the Useful Ways of the White People
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Adopt the Useful Ways of the White People
Description
Pickering advises the Indians to "adopt the useful ways of the white people." He admits that it will not be easy for them to abandon their hunting culture but warns that game is becoming scarce. To quote from the letter: "Brothers, I have often shown you what good things the white people enjoy, and explained how you might enjoy them. You have answered, that what I told you is very good, and that you were willing to adopt the useful ways of the white people, by degrees, but that you could not lay aside your own customs all at once. This was a wise answer. It will be necessary for you to continue your hunting while the game is so plenty... But you already know that the game is becoming scarce."
year created
1796
month created
02
day created
15
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
recipient note
Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations.
notable person/group
chiefs
warriors
Indians
Six Nations
Timothy Pickering
Quakers
Great Spirit
notable location
Philadelphia
document number
1796021500001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | KCA01 (3 pages) | Collection: Timothy Hopkins Rare Books, Washington Irving Collection, Life of Washington V: I, Part II, P: 435 (behind) | V: I, Part II, P: 435 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Chiefs & Warriors of the Six Nations | [unknown] | [n/a] |