Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American IndiansBlack, Young, and Young, 1824 - 371 páginas |
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... character through every variety and acci- dent of interpretation . The Indian orations have been rendered by illiterate persons sent among them to concilitate their favour ; by prisoners , male and female , who learnt the language ...
... character through every variety and acci- dent of interpretation . The Indian orations have been rendered by illiterate persons sent among them to concilitate their favour ; by prisoners , male and female , who learnt the language ...
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... character ; and as for the worthless , they never condescend to talk about them . Slander , therefore , the most pitiful vice of little and malicious minds , is beneath the notice even of the Indian women * . " 1 9 A strong sense of ...
... character ; and as for the worthless , they never condescend to talk about them . Slander , therefore , the most pitiful vice of little and malicious minds , is beneath the notice even of the Indian women * . " 1 9 A strong sense of ...
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... characters of our forefathers ; it becomes not the civilized nations of Europe who have had American possessions , to inveigh against the merci- less conduct of the savage . His appetite for blood was sharpened and whetted by European ...
... characters of our forefathers ; it becomes not the civilized nations of Europe who have had American possessions , to inveigh against the merci- less conduct of the savage . His appetite for blood was sharpened and whetted by European ...
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... character , un- aided by learning , are things but of inferior force . " Knowledge " says Bacon , " is power . " How with such elements of mind as they possess , they could , unlike other originally great people , have continued ...
... character , un- aided by learning , are things but of inferior force . " Knowledge " says Bacon , " is power . " How with such elements of mind as they possess , they could , unlike other originally great people , have continued ...
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... character would be modified by a conformity to the habits and comforts of civilized life . odf 376 23716 Proceeding on our journey , we stopped at an inn , romantically situated , where I determined to remain all night 1 ...
... character would be modified by a conformity to the habits and comforts of civilized life . odf 376 23716 Proceeding on our journey , we stopped at an inn , romantically situated , where I determined to remain all night 1 ...
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