Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First DiscoveryB. B. Mussey, 1848 - 696 páginas |
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... council , as he wanted their answer to important information . The people accordingly assembled , but when the messenger had with great anxiety delivered his message , and waited for an answer , none was given , and he soon observed ...
... council , as he wanted their answer to important information . The people accordingly assembled , but when the messenger had with great anxiety delivered his message , and waited for an answer , none was given , and he soon observed ...
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... council was to be called . The blows which had been so lately given the French of Canada , had lulled the English into a fatal security , and they let this council pass with too little attention to its proceedings . On the other hand ...
... council was to be called . The blows which had been so lately given the French of Canada , had lulled the English into a fatal security , and they let this council pass with too little attention to its proceedings . On the other hand ...
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... council was begun 22 January , 1690 , and consisted of eighty sachems . It was opened by Sadekanaghtie , * a great Oneida chief . Meanwhile , to give employment to the Indians who yet remained their friends , the expedition was begun ...
... council was begun 22 January , 1690 , and consisted of eighty sachems . It was opened by Sadekanaghtie , * a great Oneida chief . Meanwhile , to give employment to the Indians who yet remained their friends , the expedition was begun ...
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... council to determine upon what place they would attempt . In this council , it was debated , on the part of the French , that Albany would be the smallest place they ought to undertake ; but the Indians would not agree to it . They ...
... council to determine upon what place they would attempt . In this council , it was debated , on the part of the French , that Albany would be the smallest place they ought to undertake ; but the Indians would not agree to it . They ...
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... council or town - house was a large rotunda , capable of accommodating several hundred people : it stands on the top of an ancient artificial mount of earth , of about 20 feet perpendicular , and the ro tunda on the top of it being ...
... council or town - house was a large rotunda , capable of accommodating several hundred people : it stands on the top of an ancient artificial mount of earth , of about 20 feet perpendicular , and the ro tunda on the top of it being ...
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Página 42 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 23 - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Página 42 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 4 - I seized upon. They were all of one nation, but of several parts, and several families. This accident must be acknowledged the means, under God, of putting on foot and giving life to all our plantations.
Página 2 - I thank you in their name for bringing back into their country the calumet which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you that you left under ground that murdering hatchet which has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Página 2 - We may go where we please, and carry with us whom we please, and buy and sell what we please : if your allies be your slaves, use them as such, command them to receive no other but your people.
Página 117 - The way, and the only way to check and to stop this evil, is, for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet ; for it never was divided, but belongs to all, for the use of each. That no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers ; those who want all, and will not do with less.
Página 112 - I was at his house, but when I started to return home, he gave me no provision to eat on the way. He gave me neither kettle nor gun, neither did he tell me that the United States were about to rebel against the government of England.
Página 94 - Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians.
Página 111 - FATHER: You have said that we are in your hand, and that, by closing it, you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children, and have determined to die so, may know what to do. In this case, one chief has said he would ask you to put him out of pain.