under General Washington. Was Pensioned
under the Act of 1818, of which the
evidence is on record (and I now enclose evidence
on that subject), And after all his
children but one were born, on himself
and wife making a Profession of Religion, and he
intending to take orders in the Baptist
Church, being as he was an Educated
Indian—in order that no objections might
be made to his ministry by either whites
or Indians. Where he intended to remove
to, to wit: South Carolina, he thought fit,
to have their marriage solemnized according
to the form of the Baptist Church of
the white man, although they themselves
had lived together as man and wife according
to the laws and customs of their Tribe for
12 or 15 years. This second marriage
has nothing to do with the legality of the
first marriage. It was consequent
when a change of Religion. If a man
goes to Turkey, and becomes a
Mahimetan, would a second marriage
these, annul and render illegal the
marriage here according to Christian