Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First DiscoveryB. B. Mussey, 1848 - 696 páginas |
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... tribes , arranged alphabetically . This was drawn , at great expense of time , from an incredible number of sources . The second edition had been stereotyped , to the original cost of which great expense had been added in corrections ...
... tribes , arranged alphabetically . This was drawn , at great expense of time , from an incredible number of sources . The second edition had been stereotyped , to the original cost of which great expense had been added in corrections ...
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... tribe , and their tradition be true , they were bounded on the north by one of the great lakes . And they are said to be descended from the Shawanees by some of themselves . We know an important community of them is still in existence ...
... tribe , and their tradition be true , they were bounded on the north by one of the great lakes . And they are said to be descended from the Shawanees by some of themselves . We know an important community of them is still in existence ...
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... tribes in 1805 among the Rocky Mountains , on heads Platte . ALICHE , near Nacogdoches in 1805 , then nearly extinct ; spoke Caddo . ALLAKAWEAH , ( Paunch , ) both sides Yellowstone , heads Big Horn r .; 2,300 in 1805 . ALLIBAMA ...
... tribes in 1805 among the Rocky Mountains , on heads Platte . ALICHE , near Nacogdoches in 1805 , then nearly extinct ; spoke Caddo . ALLAKAWEAH , ( Paunch , ) both sides Yellowstone , heads Big Horn r .; 2,300 in 1805 . ALLIBAMA ...
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... tribe on Flint River , destroyed by Georgia militia in 1817 . CHEPEYAN , claim from lat . 60 ° to 65 ° , lon . 100 ° to 110 ° W .; 7,500 in 1812 . CHEROKEE , in Georgia , S. Carolina , & c . , till 1836 ; then forced beyond the Mississ ...
... tribe on Flint River , destroyed by Georgia militia in 1817 . CHEPEYAN , claim from lat . 60 ° to 65 ° , lon . 100 ° to 110 ° W .; 7,500 in 1812 . CHEROKEE , in Georgia , S. Carolina , & c . , till 1836 ; then forced beyond the Mississ ...
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... tribes of Camanches , on sources Brazos , del Norte , & c . KADAPAUS , a tribe in N. Carolina in 1707 . KAHUNKLES , 400 in 1820 , W. Rocky Mountains ; abode unknown . KALOOSAS , a tribe found early in Florida , long since extinct ...
... tribes of Camanches , on sources Brazos , del Norte , & c . KADAPAUS , a tribe in N. Carolina in 1707 . KAHUNKLES , 400 in 1820 , W. Rocky Mountains ; abode unknown . KALOOSAS , a tribe found early in Florida , long since extinct ...
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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.