The Valley of Wyoming: The Romance of Its History and Its Poetry. Also, Specimens of Indian EloquenceRobert H. Johnston & Company, 1866 - 153 páginas |
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... half from the margin of the river , where small hills commence stretching to the mountains ; the rivers . sometimes washing the base of the hills on one side , and sometimes on the other . The surface of the plain in some parts of the ...
... half from the margin of the river , where small hills commence stretching to the mountains ; the rivers . sometimes washing the base of the hills on one side , and sometimes on the other . The surface of the plain in some parts of the ...
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... half their tribe , the remainder were forced to flee to their own side of the river , shortly after which they abandoned their town and removed to the Ohio . THE DELAWARES The Delawares were now TRIUMPHANT . masters of Wyoming Valley ...
... half their tribe , the remainder were forced to flee to their own side of the river , shortly after which they abandoned their town and removed to the Ohio . THE DELAWARES The Delawares were now TRIUMPHANT . masters of Wyoming Valley ...
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... Half a century of peace and prosperity has almost effaced the memory of the troublous years that suc- ceeded , as it will require another half century to efface the memory of the bitter contest from which the country has recently so ...
... Half a century of peace and prosperity has almost effaced the memory of the troublous years that suc- ceeded , as it will require another half century to efface the memory of the bitter contest from which the country has recently so ...
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... half . Near by the house , engaged in grinding a knife , was a young man named Kingsley , assisted in the operation by a lad . The first hostile act of the Indians was to shoot down Kingsley , and take his scalp with the knife he had ...
... half . Near by the house , engaged in grinding a knife , was a young man named Kingsley , assisted in the operation by a lad . The first hostile act of the Indians was to shoot down Kingsley , and take his scalp with the knife he had ...
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... half a century afterward . These events cast a shadow over the remaining years of Mrs. Slocum . She lived to see many bright and sunny days in that beautiful valley ; bright and sunny , alas to her no longer . She mourned the loss of ...
... half a century afterward . These events cast a shadow over the remaining years of Mrs. Slocum . She lived to see many bright and sunny days in that beautiful valley ; bright and sunny , alas to her no longer . She mourned the loss of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Albert amidst arms bank battle beautiful beaver beneath blood bosom brave brothers Brothers-We calumet canoes chief child Christian Colonel Ewing colony Connecticut council Count Zinzendorf Creek dear death Delawares desolation dreadful e'en Edinburgh Review eloquence eyes father feel fire Five Nations flowers forests Forty Fort Frances Slocum French friends GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Gertrude's governor Grangula hand hath head heard heart heaven History of Wyoming Indian kindred land light little Frances lived Logan look mother mountains mournful Nanticoke o'er Oneida peace Pennsylvania pirogue plain Plymouth Company poem poet possession ravelin remains river romance round savage scene Senecas sent settlement Shawanese side sire sister Six Nations song soul speech Spirit stoicism story Susquehanna sweet tears thee thou town tree of peace trees tribe valley Waldegrave Waldegrave's warriors wild wilderness Wilkes-Barre women woods Yonnondio Zinzendorf
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Página 24 - For all these reasons we charge you to remove instantly, we don't give you the liberty to think about it. You are women.
Página 151 - Brother, continue to listen. You say that you are sent! to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter.
Página 77 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look : A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear — A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
Página 110 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there in desolation cold The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each mouldering bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old : Then seek we not their camp — for there The silence dwells of my despair.
Página 151 - Brother, we do not understand these things; we are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us, their children.
Página 148 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was* ray love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 151 - Spirit agreeably to his mind, and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter; you say that you are right, and we are lost; how do we know this to be true? We understand that your religion is written in a book...
Página 150 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back, and more came amongst us. Yet we did not fear 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. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were hired to fight against Indians, and many of our people were destroyed.
Página 146 - ... with its branches. I assure you, in the name of the Five Nations, that our warriors shall dance to the calumet of peace under its leaves, and shall remain quiet on their mats, and...
Página 148 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully...