The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier Between the English and the French in that Part of the World, Volumen1New Amsterdam Book Company, 1902 |
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... Prisoners , after they have them in their Power , is deservedly indeed held in Abhor- rence : But whoever reads the History of the so famed ancient Heroes , will find them , I'm afraid , not much better in this Respect . Does Achilles's ...
... Prisoners , after they have them in their Power , is deservedly indeed held in Abhor- rence : But whoever reads the History of the so famed ancient Heroes , will find them , I'm afraid , not much better in this Respect . Does Achilles's ...
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... are painted with their Heads turned towards the Castle ; the Number of the En- emy killed , is represented by Scalps painted black , and the Number of Prisoners by as many Withs , ( in their Painting not unlike Pot XXV THE INTRODUCTION .
... are painted with their Heads turned towards the Castle ; the Number of the En- emy killed , is represented by Scalps painted black , and the Number of Prisoners by as many Withs , ( in their Painting not unlike Pot XXV THE INTRODUCTION .
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... Prisoners are secured , they never offer them the least Male - treatment , but , on the contrary , will rather starve them- selves , than suffer them to want ; and I have been always assured , that there is not one In- stance , of their ...
... Prisoners are secured , they never offer them the least Male - treatment , but , on the contrary , will rather starve them- selves , than suffer them to want ; and I have been always assured , that there is not one In- stance , of their ...
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... Prisoners meet with the same sad Reception when they reach their Journey's End ; and after this , they are pre- sented to those that have lost any Relation in that or any former Enterprize . If the Cap- tives be accepted , there is an ...
... Prisoners meet with the same sad Reception when they reach their Journey's End ; and after this , they are pre- sented to those that have lost any Relation in that or any former Enterprize . If the Cap- tives be accepted , there is an ...
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... Prisoner a Slave ; but it is customary among them to make a Compli- ment of Naturalization into the Five Nations ; and , considering how highly they value them- selves above all others , this must be no small xxviii THE INTRODUCTION .
... Prisoner a Slave ; but it is customary among them to make a Compli- ment of Naturalization into the Five Nations ; and , considering how highly they value them- selves above all others , this must be no small xxviii THE INTRODUCTION .
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Página xvii - There is not a Man in the Ministry of the Five Nations, who has gain'd his Office, otherwise than by Merit; there is not the least Salary, or any Sort of Profit...
Página xi - Heroes have murdered themselves to avoid shame or torments; but our Indians have refused to die meanly or with but little pain when they thought their country's honour would be at stake by it; but have given their bodies willingly to the most cruel torments of their enemies, to shew, as they said, that the five nations consisted of men whose courage and resolution could not be shaken.
Página 67 - Yonnondio. You must have believed, when you left Quebec, that the sun had burnt up all the forests, which render our country inaccessible to the French, or that the lakes had so far overflown the banks, that they had surrounded our castles, and that it was impossible for us to...
Página 123 - One for the sun, and the other for its beams. We make fast the roots of the tree of peace and tranquillity which is planted in this place. Its roots extend as far as the utmost of your colonies. If the French should come to shake this tree, we would feel it by the motion of its roots, which extend into our country.
Página 67 - I thank you, in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet, which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you, that you left under ground that murdering hatchet that has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Página 263 - I shall finish this Part by observing that notwithstanding the French Commissioners took all the Pains possible to carry Home the French that were Prisoners with the Five Nations, and they had full Liberty from the Indians, few of them could be persuaded to return.
Página 70 - Hear, Yonnondio ; take care for the future, that so great a number of soldiers as appear there do not choke the tree of peace planted in so small a fort. It will be a great loss, if, after it had so easily taken root, you should stop its growth, and prevent its covering your country and ours with its branches.
Página 68 - I do not sleep, I have my eyes open, and the sun, which enlightens me, discovers to me a great captain at the head of a company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming.
Página 70 - Cadarackui, in the presence of your predecessor, in the middle of the fort, they planted the tree of peace in the same place; to be there carefully preserved: that, in the place of a retreat for soldiers, that fort might be a rendezvous for merchants: that, in place of arms and ammunition of war, beavers and merchandise should only enter there.
Página 69 - Satanas into their country, to take part with them, after they had concerted ill designs against us. We have done less than either the English or French, that have usurped the lands of so many Indian nations, and chased them from their own country. This belt preserves my words.