At a council of the chiefs, head men, and warriors of the Creek nation, convened by authority, the talk of the president was communicated by the agent. After a profound silence of many minutes duration, Speckled Snake, a warrior whose head was whitened with the frosts of more than a hundred winters! And who supported himself on the shoulders of two young men, it is supposed, arose, and spoke as follows:
Brothers! We have heard the talk of our great father, it is very kind, he says he loves his red children.
