the old complicated system of commercial policy; when combining with the elastic vigour of renovated youth the experience of a long and spirited career of prosperity and glory; and when bringing to the boundless regions of a new world, fair and fresh from the hand of its Creator, the intellectual treasures which have been accumulating for centuries in the old.

It is in this light that I wish to regard America; as a scion from the old British oak-not as a rival, whose growing greatness is to excite jealousy and apprehension, but as the vigorous child of an illustrious parent, whose future glory may reflect lustre on the distinguished family from which she sprang, and who should be solicitous to prove herself worthy of her high descent. May her future career evince both her title and her sensibility to her hereditary honours! May the child forget the supposed severity of the parent, and the parent the alleged obstinacy of the child; and while, as two independent nations, they emulate each other in glorious deeds, may they combine their commanding influence to promote the lasting interest of the human race!

APPENDIX.

From the London Missionary Register for Nov. and Dec. 1821.

Journey among the Creeks, Chocktaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees.

In our last survey under the head of North American Indians, we mentioned a journey which had been taken by a friend, among these Indians. This Gentleman (Adam Hodgson, Esq. of Liverpool, Treasurer of the West-Lancashire Association of the Church Missionary Society) favoured us, a considerable time since, with a Narrative of his journey; and we regret that our limits, which we find increasingly inadequate to the important matter that presses on us from all quarters, have obliged us to defer so long an account of his tour. We have taken the liberty of giving that authenticity to his interesting narrative, which will at tach to it from the insertion of his name.

Mr. Hodgson set out on this visit to the Indians on the 17th of March, 1820, from Augusta, in the north-east part of Georgia, bordering on South Carolina. He travelled on horseback accompanied only by a servant; and reached Mobile in East Florida, on the 15th day; baving crossed the state of Georgia in a south-west direction, a distance of 450 miles. Taking his passage at Mobile on board a schooner for New-Orleaus, he arrived at that city on the 7th of April; and proceeded thence up the Mississippi, in a steam-boat to Natchez. On the 10th of May, he left Natchez, on horseback, accompanied by his servant, with the intention of proceeding through the Wilderness, as it is termed that is, the western and northern parts of Georgia

and the state of Tennessee-to Richmond, in Virginia, a distance of about 1240 miles. In this route he passed through the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee Nations; and visited the Missionary Settlement of Elliot among the Choctaws, and that of Brainerd among the Cherokees. Soon after leaving Brainerd, Mr. Hodgson crossed the Tennessee, which there forms the boundary of the Cherokee Nation: : quitting here the Indian Territory, he crossed the Alleghany Mountains, and reached Monticello, the seat of Mr. Jefferson, late President of the United States. On the 20th of June he arrived at Richmond, the horses having accomplished the 1240 miles from Natchez, in six weeks, without difficulty.

We extract Mr. Hodgson's account of his reception at Monticello, and the reflections there made by him on the journey which he had just accomplished :—

Monticello, the well-known seat of Mr. Jefferson, is finely situated on an eminence which commands a magnificent prospect. Here I experienced a very polite and hospitable reception, from this retired and philosophic Statesman; whose urbanity and intelligence can scarcely fail to make a favourable impression on a stranger. While conversing with him in a handsome saloon, surrounded by instruments of science, valuable specimens of the fine arts, and literary treasures of every nation and every age, I could not help contrasting my situation with some of those which I had occupied a few weeks before, when taking my cup of coffee with a Chickasaw or Choctaw host, or dandling on my knee a little Indian Chieftain in his national costume.

In less than five weeks, I had passed from the recesses of thick forests, whose silence had never been broken by the woodman's axe, to a richly cultivated country, where cattle were grazing in extensive meadows, and corn-fields waving in the wind; where Commerce was planting her Towns, Science founding her Universities, and Religion rearing her Heaven-directed Spires. In the same space, I had traced man through every stage of society; from the hunter, whose ideas were bounded by the narrow circle of his daily wants, to the philosophic statesman, who had learned to grasp the complicated interests of society, and penetrate the mysterious system of the universe.

We subjoin, with pleasure, Mr. Hodgson's remarks, made in the course of this and other journeys, on the character of the American people; as we trust that they will contribute to the increase of friendly feelings on both sides of the Atlantic :

Although, in this narrative I have confined myself almost entirely to an acccount of my route through the Indian Nations. I cannot conclude without expressing my deep regret at the erroneous ideas which prevail in England on the subject of America generally.

With a decided preference to the manners and institutions and form of government of my own country (a preference only confirmed by opportunities of comparison,) it has been impossible to avoid perceiving, that those ideas are in many respects as unjust to the United States, as they are discreditable to Great Britain. To what cause we are to attribute the ignorance and prejudice of my enlightened and generous country on almost every topic connected with America, it is foreign to my purpose to inquire. The subject is a very interesting one; but it would lead to a discussion for which I have neither abilities nor leisure.

I should, however, do great injustice to my own feelings, if I did not state, that, in the course of a journey of between 5000 and 6000 miles, in which I passed through the States of Vermont, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, NewYork, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and mixed rather extensively with society, I received impressions of America and its inhabitants, very different from those which prevail among a large portion of my countrymen, or which are to be derived from our books of Travels or Reviews.

I appeal, therefore, to the candour of my countrymen, whether, if those representations were true, which in many cases are most erroneous, the tone and temper with which the subject of America is sometimes discussed among us, are either courteous or liberal-whether they are calculated to elicit or obscure the truth, to extinguish or inflame animosity-whether they are becoming the dignity and magnanimity of Great Britain-whether they are consistent with Christian Principles-and whether in their result, they are likely to confirm or to invalidate that combination of the benevolent efforts of the two countries, so favourable to the cause of Humanity and Religion?

It is with reluctance that we omit any part of Mr. Hodgson's Narrative; but our limits oblige us to abridge it in a few places.

In the present Number we shall give his account of the Creeks that of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees, will be reserved for the next Number.

Creek Indians.

In his journey across Georgia, from Augusta to Mobile, Mr. Hodgson passed through the territory of the Creek Indians, in the central parts of that State. On crossing the River Ockmulgee, he entered the Nation, and proceeded forward to the "Agency," or residence of the person who acts as Agent between the United States and the Indians of Georgia, which lies on the Flint River. Pine forests of many miles extent lie in the way, and stretch to the horizon on every side. Of the state of the people, and of the scenery, our readers will find a very interesting description.

Cabins are placed throughout the Creek Nation, at distances of about thirty miles, for the convenience of travellers. Of the first of these which he met with, Mr. Hodgson says:

As we approached it, we saw some Indians in their wigwams on the road-side. One was lying asleep before the door, his head covered with a blanket; and when I pointed to him, a woman, who was sitting over him, said, "Whiskey sick-Whiskey sick." Some had brought their little parcels of Indian corn from an Indian town about eight miles distant, and were selling it to the people of the inn. The young men were shooting at small birds with their bows and arrows; and the little children who appeared very active, were trying to walk on their hands, as the children in England occasionally do.

The Maitre d'Hotel of our little cabin, was a white man, the partner of an Indian Chief;-the Creek Indians allowing no white person to settle in their nation, except as their partners, as husbands of Indian women, or as, in some way or other, closely connected with themselves. He gave us some coffee, and Indian-corn bread, and bacon; a plain substantial fare, which you seldom fail to obtain, throughout the nation, sometimes improved by the addition of su