Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American IndiansBlack, Young, and Young, 1824 - 371 páginas |
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... given model , into the European tongues ; but that it operates upon all alike , and shines with the same character through every variety and acci- dent of interpretation . The Indian orations have been rendered by illiterate persons ...
... given model , into the European tongues ; but that it operates upon all alike , and shines with the same character through every variety and acci- dent of interpretation . The Indian orations have been rendered by illiterate persons ...
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... given this summary of Indian virtues , I should say something of Indian vices ; and I am happy that the latter will bear no proportion to the former catalogue . Cruelty and an eager appetite for revenge , are the chief , if not the only ...
... given this summary of Indian virtues , I should say something of Indian vices ; and I am happy that the latter will bear no proportion to the former catalogue . Cruelty and an eager appetite for revenge , are the chief , if not the only ...
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James Buchanan. utterable , and protracted agony , that the final blow is given . These atrocious practices are not , how- ever , peculiar to our unlettered Indians . The metal boot and wedge , the thumb - screw , the rack , the gradual ...
James Buchanan. utterable , and protracted agony , that the final blow is given . These atrocious practices are not , how- ever , peculiar to our unlettered Indians . The metal boot and wedge , the thumb - screw , the rack , the gradual ...
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... given as much as possible in their own language . " A great many years ago , when men with a white skin had never yet been seen in this land , some In- dians who were out a fishing at a place where the sea widens , espied at a great ...
... given as much as possible in their own language . " A great many years ago , when men with a white skin had never yet been seen in this land , some In- dians who were out a fishing at a place where the sea widens , espied at a great ...
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... given them before ; but other runners soon after arriving declare that it is positively a house full of human beings , of quite a different colour from that of the Indians , and dressed differently from them ; that in particular one of ...
... given them before ; but other runners soon after arriving declare that it is positively a house full of human beings , of quite a different colour from that of the Indians , and dressed differently from them ; that in particular one of ...
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