Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American IndiansBlack, Young, and Young, 1824 - 371 páginas |
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... letters to vindicate their character , and to set forth some por- tion of their wrongs , I have been led to prosecute my inquiries respecting the North American Indians . 3 While engaged in these pursuits , I learnt that the Historical ...
... letters to vindicate their character , and to set forth some por- tion of their wrongs , I have been led to prosecute my inquiries respecting the North American Indians . 3 While engaged in these pursuits , I learnt that the Historical ...
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... letters , they could have acquired so much of that moral power , dignity , and courtesy , which in our pride we attribute exclusively to civilized life . Their religious belief is , to say the least of it , purer than that of refined ...
... letters , they could have acquired so much of that moral power , dignity , and courtesy , which in our pride we attribute exclusively to civilized life . Their religious belief is , to say the least of it , purer than that of refined ...
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... " have destroyed them more than our swords . " I do not hesi- tate to say that , in my opinion , their ignorance of " * De Witt Clinton , p . 88 , 89 . letters has been the only hinderance to their being , INTRODUCTION . 9.
... " have destroyed them more than our swords . " I do not hesi- tate to say that , in my opinion , their ignorance of " * De Witt Clinton , p . 88 , 89 . letters has been the only hinderance to their being , INTRODUCTION . 9.
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James Buchanan. letters has been the only hinderance to their being , politically speaking , a most powerful people . With the faculty of circulating and improving their natural information , by means of literature , they would either ...
James Buchanan. letters has been the only hinderance to their being , politically speaking , a most powerful people . With the faculty of circulating and improving their natural information , by means of literature , they would either ...
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... letter of introduction to a Miss Brandt , advising us to arrange our time so as to sleep and stop a day or two in the house of that lady , as she was certain we should be much pleased with her and her brother . Our friend did not ...
... letter of introduction to a Miss Brandt , advising us to arrange our time so as to sleep and stop a day or two in the house of that lady , as she was certain we should be much pleased with her and her brother . Our friend did not ...
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