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 BBOCE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WARRIOR P. ONONDEYOH LOFT

Six Nation Indians

We are assembled to-day on this historic spot to commemorate the memory of a great soldier, a patriot and renowned son of the Empire of which we are a part

I ;im pleased to aote the presence of bo many chiefs and warriors of the Bii Nations who are here assembled on the basis of one common cil ship with yon, to join with our white brethren to pay respect and homage to the late hero, General Sir [saac Brock, who offered his life as a sacrifice in the canse he so gallantly defended. Be was the brave l«*a< lf British Institu-

t ions.

< >ur act tO-day is a Doble one. It is of a kind that

touches deep down into the heart that throbs with affection's glow, it is one worthy of emulation

by our posterity. We as a people should never 1<>sc Bight <»f the great Importance that must attach to

this occasion, and of the duty we owe to our chil- dren to do all we can to Impress their minds with

the precepts of Loyalty to the king ami crown, that should he ever steadfast and Immovable.

As a member of the six Nations it is not alto- gether my wish that I should he looked upon on

this occasion as a mere representative of my nation, but rather as a representative of the noble

native Indian race which has so conspicuously

identified itself with British arms at critical

periods in the history of our fair Dominion.

One hundred years ago our country and people

u <•!■•• befogged by conditions that were isy^y and ominous, it was very uncertain as to the part, if any, the Indians would take in the Impending con- flict

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