...them and gave them a large seat. At length their numbers greatly increased. They wanted more lands. They wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy." Now, after years of fighting and strong liquor, whites have "now become a great people, and we hardly...

...us. Yet we did not fear them. We took them to befriends. They called us brothers. We believed them. ...At length their numbers had greatly increased....they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and In his youth Red Jacket's Iroquois mrme was Otetiani, which means "prepared" or "ready. "As a chief,...

...meat," he says, "and they gave us poison in return" (138). As the white population increased, he says, "they wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy" (138). Here Red Jacket employs a version perhaps of the discourse of Indian doom, but it is one that...

...them, we took them to be friends; they called us brothers; we believed them, and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased;...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. "Brother, our seats were once...

...them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them, and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased....minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were David Noble Mohawk steelworker, New York City Mohawk 1970 hired to fight against Indians, and many...

...them, we took them to be friends; they called us brothers; we believed them, and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased;...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. Brother, our seats were once...

...them, we took them to be friends; they called us brothers; we believed them, and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly Increased;...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. "Brother, our seats were once...

...them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them, and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased....opened, and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place . . . — The Senecan chief, Red Jacket, 1812, from Thatcher's Indian Biography (1834) Violent clashes...

...return." The outcome was one that the Indians, well meaning and innocent, could not have foreseen. "At length their numbers had greatly increased; they...land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened; our mind became uneasy. War took place; Indians were hired to fight against Indians; and many of our...