Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians |
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He soon began to stagger , and at last fell prostrate on the ground . His
companions now bemoaned his fate , he falls into a sound sleep , and they think
he has expired . He wakes again , jumps up and declares , that he has enjoyed
the most ...
He soon began to stagger , and at last fell prostrate on the ground . His
companions now bemoaned his fate , he falls into a sound sleep , and they think
he has expired . He wakes again , jumps up and declares , that he has enjoyed
the most ...
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The whites now put handles to the former for them , and cut trees down before
their eyes , hoed up the ground , and put the stockings on their legs . Here , they
say , a general laughter ensued among the Indians , that they had remained ...
The whites now put handles to the former for them , and cut trees down before
their eyes , hoed up the ground , and put the stockings on their legs . Here , they
say , a general laughter ensued among the Indians , that they had remained ...
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It was drawn out into a cir . cular form , and being closed at its end ,
encompassed a large piece of ground . The Indians were surprised at the
superior wit of the whites * , but did not wish to contend with them about a little
land , as they had still ...
It was drawn out into a cir . cular form , and being closed at its end ,
encompassed a large piece of ground . The Indians were surprised at the
superior wit of the whites * , but did not wish to contend with them about a little
land , as they had still ...
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I , at one time , in April 1787 , was astonished when I heard one of their orators , a
great chief of the Delaware nation , go over this ground , recapitulating the most
extraordinary events which had before happened , and concluding in these ...
I , at one time , in April 1787 , was astonished when I heard one of their orators , a
great chief of the Delaware nation , go over this ground , recapitulating the most
extraordinary events which had before happened , and concluding in these ...
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The blood of many of our fathers and brothers has run like water on the ground ,
to satisfy the avarice of the white men . We , ourselves , are threatened with a
great evil ; nothing will pacify them but the destruction of all the red men . *
Hunter's ...
The blood of many of our fathers and brothers has run like water on the ground ,
to satisfy the avarice of the white men . We , ourselves , are threatened with a
great evil ; nothing will pacify them but the destruction of all the red men . *
Hunter's ...
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| 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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