wh'erroe apparentlyrheyd1ave?emigrated,and hitherto but
th-tply\peopledwtheINew World, the Mexicans and a few
others ex$ept3ed, till they-wfefe butchered by Spanilh ava-
lltfei^ild fuperftition. A happy? pg#pte I;call them ftill,
whofe -peacesand "genuine morals have not been contaminated
with European vices; and whofe errors are only
Hie errors of . ignoraneey and not the rooted depravity of
a pretended civilization, and a fpurious and mock Chrif-
“ Lo! the poor Indian, v;hofe untiitor’d mind
“ Secs God in clouds, or hears him. ip the wipd ;
te .His foul, prbud fcierice never taught to «ray, p
“ Far as the folar walk, or milky Way Y
“ Yet fimjile nature to his hope has'giv’n,
“ Behind the cloud-topt hill* an humbler heav’n V !
“ Some fafer world, in depth -'of ,woods?embrac’d,
“ Some happier ifland in the wathy wafte j .
jf%;|t§W|iere Oaves once more native land beholder i
t “ ■ No fiends torment; no Chriftians-thijfi; for gold, *
. • “ To be, coptents his natural defire, , , ,
,■ “ He a Iks no Angel’s wing,, no jSeraphls fire j .
“ But thinks, admitted to that equal iky,. ^
“ His faithful dog lhall bear him company.
w Go, wifer thou! and£ii$ thy fcale of fonle,, \
j Weigh thy opinion agai'nft Providence.”
For my part 1 muft fay, with Socrates; that this kind of
poverty is alone the trueft kind of riches,;^ thole who-
want leaft approach neareft to the gods* who want no-
a thing..