 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 páginas
...warriors, nor counselors — they were therefore totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting...all we know, and make men of them." Having frequent occasions to hold councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old... | |
 | Jean Barman, Yvonne M. Hébert, Don N. McCaskill - 1986 - 276 páginas
...hunters, warriors or counsellors; but they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.1 These remarks, made by Red Jacket of the Senecas in l744, ring as true today as then. The needs... | |
 | Carolyn Merchant - 1989 - 404 páginas
...they were totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.90 The downfall of the Indians' memorized oral tradition and its replacement by a European system... | |
 | Sharon O'Brien - 1993 - 372 páginas
...Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged for your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education, instruct them in all we... | |
 | Kent Nerburn, Louise Mengelkoch - 1991 - 136 páginas
...offer, though we decline accepting it. To show our gratefulness, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care with their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them. Canassatego Treaty of Lancaster... | |
 | 1992 - 244 páginas
...hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. Does this provide a little perspective for people today? I hope so. The most common complaint against... | |
 | Jon Allan Reyhner - 1994 - 348 páginas
...hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, though we decline accepting...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Franklin 1784, 21-22) Because of the expense of Indian wars and the desire to preserve a profitable... | |
 | Daniel Greenberg - 1992 - 152 páginas
...Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...instruct them in all we know, and make MEN of them 26 . Two centuries later, the American Indian Congress of 1961 declared: In order to give recognition... | |
 | M. Annette Jaimes - 1992 - 482 páginas
...totally good for nothing. We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline in accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it,...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. M The United States, of course , did not avail itself of the opportunity to have even a few of its... | |
 | Joyce Hifler - 1992 - 420 páginas
...to eliminate the weak. This makes life living, rather man coping. If the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education ... and make men of them CANASSATEGO 'chocs are reflected sounds that can so easily fool us. Weareconfidemaboutwherethe... | |
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We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it: and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them... 
