Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America: With Remarks on the Attempts Made to Convert and Civilize ThemA. Constable and Company, 1825 - 408 páginas |
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... Hontan . But it should be remarked that the French writers , and particularly some of the missionaries , endeavour to throw much dis- credit upon the statements of that author . The great liberty , " says Charlevoix , " which he gave to ...
... Hontan . But it should be remarked that the French writers , and particularly some of the missionaries , endeavour to throw much dis- credit upon the statements of that author . The great liberty , " says Charlevoix , " which he gave to ...
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... Hontan appears to have been a person not well calculated to ingratiate himself with his supe- riors , whether of a civil , military , or religious order . His father died when La Hontan was very young , leaving his family affairs in ...
... Hontan appears to have been a person not well calculated to ingratiate himself with his supe- riors , whether of a civil , military , or religious order . His father died when La Hontan was very young , leaving his family affairs in ...
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... Hontan appears to have dragged into light the folly and absurdity of the constituted authorities of that country , must have been ex- tremely grating both to the church and state . It has been asserted by some of the Jesuit missionaries ...
... Hontan appears to have dragged into light the folly and absurdity of the constituted authorities of that country , must have been ex- tremely grating both to the church and state . It has been asserted by some of the Jesuit missionaries ...
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... Hontan should fabricate that which is much the dullest part of his work ; and Charlevoix might have known how easily the early travellers , while employed in navigating the large American rivers , through forests of immense extent ...
... Hontan should fabricate that which is much the dullest part of his work ; and Charlevoix might have known how easily the early travellers , while employed in navigating the large American rivers , through forests of immense extent ...
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... Hontan to be em- ployed , he mentions that the Hurons had captured a party of fourteen Iroquois , of whom they distri- buted twelve among their own band , and , of the remaining two , one was presented to Juchereau , the , French ...
... Hontan to be em- ployed , he mentions that the Hurons had captured a party of fourteen Iroquois , of whom they distri- buted twelve among their own band , and , of the remaining two , one was presented to Juchereau , the , French ...
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Página 343 - I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, the last Spring, in cold blood and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of 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 glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace ; but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 317 - We have had some experience of it ; several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors ; they were totally...
Página 318 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it: and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Página 139 - Justice gives sentence many times On one man for another's crimes. Our brethren of New England use Choice malefactors to excuse, And hang the guiltless in their stead, • Of whom the churches have less need...
Página 238 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Página 342 - 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 my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, " Logan is the friend of the white men.
Página 106 - Having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan...
Página 317 - But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will 65 therefore not take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges...
Página 342 - He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia Militia.
Página 248 - ... we know not when or how these Indians first became inhabitants of this mighty continent, yet we may guess that probably the Devil decoyed those miserable salvages hither, in hopes that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ would never come here to destroy or disturb his absolute empire over them.