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The one submits to the yoke , -we oppress and pity him ; the other disdains to
become the servant of man — and his whole race is devoted to gradual
extermination ; for such must be the inevitable consequence of all those
measures which ...
The one submits to the yoke , -we oppress and pity him ; the other disdains to
become the servant of man — and his whole race is devoted to gradual
extermination ; for such must be the inevitable consequence of all those
measures which ...
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Let it not be said that among the whole race of white Christian men , not one
single individual could be found , who , rising above the cloud of prejudice with
which the pride of civilization has surrounded the original inhabitants of this land
...
Let it not be said that among the whole race of white Christian men , not one
single individual could be found , who , rising above the cloud of prejudice with
which the pride of civilization has surrounded the original inhabitants of this land
...
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They are lost in admiration ; the dress , the manners , the whole appearance of
the unknown strangers is to them a subject of wonder ; but they are particularly
struck with him who wore the red coat all glittering with gold lace , which they
could ...
They are lost in admiration ; the dress , the manners , the whole appearance of
the unknown strangers is to them a subject of wonder ; but they are particularly
struck with him who wore the red coat all glittering with gold lace , which they
could ...
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the good of the nation ' that the contents offered them . should be drunk , and as
no one else would do it , he would drink it himself , let the consequence be what it
might ; it was better for one man to die , than that a whole nation should be ...
the good of the nation ' that the contents offered them . should be drunk , and as
no one else would do it , he would drink it himself , let the consequence be what it
might ; it was better for one man to die , than that a whole nation should be ...
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The Indians readily granted this apparently reasonable request ; but the whites
then took a knife and beginning at one end of the hide , cut it up to a long rope ,
not thicker than a child's finger , so that by the time the whole was cut up , it made
a ...
The Indians readily granted this apparently reasonable request ; but the whites
then took a knife and beginning at one end of the hide , cut it up to a long rope ,
not thicker than a child's finger , so that by the time the whole was cut up , it made
a ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Collection Baby Collections spéciales Indigenous Peoples: North America |
| Autor | James Buchanan |
| Editor | Black and Young, 1824 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Nacional de Austria |
| Digitalizado | 2 Oct 2012 |
| N.º de páginas | 375 páginas |
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