The History of the Five Indian Nations of CanadaT. Osborne, 1747 - 487 páginas |
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... carried on by furprising each other , and their whole Art of War confifts in managing fmall Parties . The whole Country being one continued Foreft , gives great Advantages to thefe fkulking Parties , and has obliged the Chriftians to ...
... carried on by furprising each other , and their whole Art of War confifts in managing fmall Parties . The whole Country being one continued Foreft , gives great Advantages to thefe fkulking Parties , and has obliged the Chriftians to ...
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... carry about with them : Their Hatchet , in War - time , is ftuck in their Girdle behind them ; and befides what Ufe they make of this Weapon in their Hand , they have a dexterous Way of throwing it , which I have feen them often ...
... carry about with them : Their Hatchet , in War - time , is ftuck in their Girdle behind them ; and befides what Ufe they make of this Weapon in their Hand , they have a dexterous Way of throwing it , which I have feen them often ...
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... carried them away with them ; and this Inclination , which all ignorant People have to Superftition and amusing Ceremonies , gives the Popish Priests a great Advan- tage tage in recommending their Religion , beyond what the Regularity ...
... carried them away with them ; and this Inclination , which all ignorant People have to Superftition and amusing Ceremonies , gives the Popish Priests a great Advan- tage tage in recommending their Religion , beyond what the Regularity ...
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... carried the War into the Heart of the Adi- rondacks's Country , and , at last , forced them to leave it , and to fly into that Part of the Country , where Quebeck is now built . There are more Inftances than one in Hiftory , of poor ...
... carried the War into the Heart of the Adi- rondacks's Country , and , at last , forced them to leave it , and to fly into that Part of the Country , where Quebeck is now built . There are more Inftances than one in Hiftory , of poor ...
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... when led to Death , to fing an Account of their own Exploits ; and this they are hardy enough to continue even in the midst of Tor- tures . dered 3 dered the whole Family , and carried their Scalps 26 The HISTORY of the.
... when led to Death , to fing an Account of their own Exploits ; and this they are hardy enough to continue even in the midst of Tor- tures . dered 3 dered the whole Family , and carried their Scalps 26 The HISTORY of the.
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 230 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Página 205 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Página 215 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Página 190 - ... the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...
Página 68 - We see with our own eyes that they have been a very unruly people, and are altogether in the wrong in their dealings with you. We have concluded to remove them, and oblige them to go over the river Delaware, and quit all claim to any lands on this side for the future, since they have received pay for them, and it is gone through their guts long ago. To confirm to you that we will see your request executed, we lay down this string of wampum in return for yours.
Página 190 - ... but if the said river shall not extend so far northward, then by the said river so far as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are to be determined by a meridian line, to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said...
Página 213 - That all witnesses coming or called to testify their knowledge in or to any matter or thing in any court, or before any lawful authority within the said province, shall there give or deliver in their evidence or testimony, by solemnly promising to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the matter or thing in question...
Página 54 - We know our Lands are now become more valuable. The white People think we do not know their Value; but we are sensible that the Land is everlasting, and the few Goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.
Página 10 - The first Time I was among the Mohawks, I had this Compliment from one of their old Sachems, which he did, by giving me his own Name, Cayenderongue. He had been a notable Warrior; and he told me, that now I had a Right to assume...
Página 67 - Hear, Yonnondio: our women had taken their clubs, our children and old men had carried their bows and arrows into the heart of your camp, if our warriors had not disarmed them, and kept them back, when your messenger Ohgnesse came to our castles.