Wesley Corpus

‘Vhe substance of his account was this :--‘ Some years past, the Ch.casaws and French were friends. The French were then mingled wifn the Nautchee Indians, whom they used as slaves ; till the Nautchves made a general rising, and took many of the French prisoners. But soon after, a French army set upon them, killed many, and carried away the rest. Among those that were killed were some Chicasaws, whose death the Chicasaw nation resented ; and, soon after, as a French hvat was going through their country, they fired into it, and killed all 41e men buttwo. The French resolved on revenge ; and orders were «iven for many Indians and several parties of white men, to rendezvous on the 26th of March, 11736, near one of the Chicasaw towns. The first party, consisting of fifty men, came thither-some days before the time. They stayed there till the 24th, but none came to join them. On the 25th, they were attacked by two hundred Chicasaws. The French attempted to force their way through them. Five or six and twenty did so; the rest were taken prisoners. The prisoners were sent two or three to a town to be burned. Only the commanding officer and one or two more were put to death on the placc of the engagement. “‘T,” said he, “‘and one more were saved by the warrior who took us. The manner of burning the rest was, holding lighted canes to their arms and legs, and several parts of their bodies, for some time, and then for a while taking them away. ‘They likewise stuck burning pieces of wood into their flesh all round, in which condition they kept them from morning till evening. But they commonly beat them before they burnthem. I saw the priest that was with us carried to be burned ; and from head to foot, he was as black as your coat with the blows which they had given him.” I asked him, what was their manner of life. He said, “They do nothing but eat, and drink, and smoke, from morning till night ; and, in a manner, from night till morning. For they rise at any hour of the night when they wake, and after eating and drinking as much as they can, go to sleep again.” See “The Religion of Nature truly Delineated |”