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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... thought proper to hold a council of all parties , that justice might be done . The chiefs of the Six Nations were then informed , that as they had on all occasions required the govern- ment of Pennsylvania to remove any whites that ...
... thought proper to hold a council of all parties , that justice might be done . The chiefs of the Six Nations were then informed , that as they had on all occasions required the govern- ment of Pennsylvania to remove any whites that ...
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... thought to be inexpedient , and the Delawares , having taken quiet possession of a part of the valley , built their town of Maughwauwama on the east bank of the river , upon the lower flat , below the mouth of a small stream , and ...
... thought to be inexpedient , and the Delawares , having taken quiet possession of a part of the valley , built their town of Maughwauwama on the east bank of the river , upon the lower flat , below the mouth of a small stream , and ...
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... thoughts to notice either their approach , or the snake which lay extended before him . At a sight like this , even the hearts of the savages shrunk from the idea of commit- ting so horrid an act , and , quitting the spot , they hastily ...
... thoughts to notice either their approach , or the snake which lay extended before him . At a sight like this , even the hearts of the savages shrunk from the idea of commit- ting so horrid an act , and , quitting the spot , they hastily ...
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... thought he was determined to separate me from my husband and our tribe . " After I had been a number of years with my hus- band he died ; a part of my people joined the Miamis , and I was among them . I married a Miami , who was called ...
... thought he was determined to separate me from my husband and our tribe . " After I had been a number of years with my hus- band he died ; a part of my people joined the Miamis , and I was among them . I married a Miami , who was called ...
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... thoughts , she is as thoroughly Indian as though not a drop of white blood ran in her veins . She is repre- sented as having manifested , for an Indian , an un- wonted degree of pleasure at the return of her brothers ; but mother and ...
... thoughts , she is as thoroughly Indian as though not a drop of white blood ran in her veins . She is repre- sented as having manifested , for an Indian , an un- wonted degree of pleasure at the return of her brothers ; but mother and ...
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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...