| Karen L. Anderson - 1993 - 262 páginas
...in New France, the Jesuit Superior Paul Le Jeune wrote, describing the Montagnais and the Huron: 21 There is nothing so difficult as to control the tribes of America. All these Barbarians share the law of wild asses, they are born, live and die in a liberty without restraint; they do not... | |
| Francis Xavier Talbot - 2002 - 476 páginas
...visionary, childish, thievish, lying, deceitful, licentious, proud, lazy." And another sharply remarked: "All these barbarians have the law of wild asses:...without restraint. They do not know what is meant by a bridle or a bit. With them, to conquer one's passions is considered a great joke, while to give free... | |
| Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 páginas
...power, as well as to the individual's consent to be governed. One anonymous missionary complained, "All these barbarians have the law of wild asses —...restraint; they do not know what is meant by bridle and bit." The French explorer baron de Lahontan explained that the Iroquois "valued themselves above... | |
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