described, I shall not therefore swell this
article by repeating old stories. Besides the conical cap, the blanket,
leggins, and moccasins, worn by all the tribes; the women among the
New-Brunswick Indians frequently wear a round hat, a shawl, and short
clothes, resembling the short gown and petticoat worn by the French and
Dutch women. The Indian language is bold and figurative, abounding in
hyperbolical expressions, and is said to be susceptible of much
elegance. To give the reader some notion of the manner in which these
people conduct their conferences with each other, and with Europeans, I
shall subjoin an extract of a conference, or talk, held at Quebec, with
the Governor General of Canada, during the last American War.

QUEBEC, 17TH MARCH, 1814.

Thursday having been appointed for holding the Council, the Chiefs and
Warriors assembled, and after shaking hands with His Excellency, as
before, NEWASH accompanied by his Interpreter, again presented himself
in the middle of the room, and pronounced the following Speech, or
talk.

SPEECH OF NEWASH.

"Father--Listen.--You will hear from me truth. It is the same as
what the Chiefs and Warriors now here have to say.

"Father--Listen.--Open your ears to your children, to your red
children that are in the west. They are all of one mind: although
they are so far off and scattered on different lands, they hear
what I am now saying.

"Father--Listen.--You have told us by the talk of your Warriors,
twice Father, that we were to fight on the flanks and in the rear
of your Warriors, but we have always gone in front Father; and that
it is in this way we have lost so many of our young Warriors, our
women and children.

"Father--Listen.--The Americans have said they would kill you first
Father, and then destroy your red children; but when you sent us
the hatchet we took hold of it Father and made use of it Father, as
you know.

"Father--Listen.--Your red children want back their old boundary
lines, that they may have the lands which belong to them, and this
Father when the war began, you promised to get for them.

"Father--Listen.--Your red children have suffered a great deal,
they are sad, indeed they are pitiful, they want your assistance
Father. They want arms for their Warriors, and clothes for their
women and children. You do not k