The Book of the Indians, Or, Biography and History of the Indians of North America, from Its First Discovery to the Year 1841Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845 - 708 páginas |
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... meet with so easy a method of solving & question which they consider as having puzzled their predecessors so much . CHAPTER II . Of modern theorists upon the peopling of America - St . Gregory — Herrera — T . Morton - Williamson - Wood ...
... meet with so easy a method of solving & question which they consider as having puzzled their predecessors so much . CHAPTER II . Of modern theorists upon the peopling of America - St . Gregory — Herrera — T . Morton - Williamson - Wood ...
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... meet in battle his own father , who was fight- ing on the side of the French . Just as he was about to deal a deadly blow upon his head , he discovered who he was , and said to him , " You have once given me life , and now I give it to ...
... meet in battle his own father , who was fight- ing on the side of the French . Just as he was about to deal a deadly blow upon his head , he discovered who he was , and said to him , " You have once given me life , and now I give it to ...
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... meet , will not be guilty of through life . There is great oppor- tunity for many of mature years to profit by it . Lost Confidence . - An Indian runner , arriving in a village of his countrymen , requested the immediate attendance of ...
... meet , will not be guilty of through life . There is great oppor- tunity for many of mature years to profit by it . Lost Confidence . - An Indian runner , arriving in a village of his countrymen , requested the immediate attendance of ...
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... meet with one of that accursed race . " 66 Harmless Deception . In a time of Indian troubles , an Indian visited the house of Governor Jenks , of Rhode Island , when the governor took occasion to request him , that , if any strange ...
... meet with one of that accursed race . " 66 Harmless Deception . In a time of Indian troubles , an Indian visited the house of Governor Jenks , of Rhode Island , when the governor took occasion to request him , that , if any strange ...
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... meet , such was their distressed situation , in a camp of snow , but a few miles from the devoted settlement . The Indians , however , saved them from the disgrace . They had sent out a small scout from their party , who entered ...
... meet , such was their distressed situation , in a camp of snow , but a few miles from the devoted settlement . The Indians , however , saved them from the disgrace . They had sent out a small scout from their party , who entered ...
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Página 25 - 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 49 - 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 49 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great waters, and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat.
Página 49 - Brother — The Great Spirit has made us all, but HE has made a great difference between his white and red children. HE has given us different complexions and different customs. To you he has given the arts. To these he has not opened our eyes. We know these things to be true. Since HE has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that HE has given us a different religion, according to our understanding ? The Great Spirit does right, HE knows what is best for...
Página 49 - Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it?
Página 49 - He made the bear and the beaver, and their skins served us for clothing. He had scattered them over the country, and taught us how to take them. He had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this he had done for his red children, because he loved them.
Página 48 - FRIEND AND BROTHER : It was the will of the Great Spirit that we should meet together this day. He orders all things, and has given us a fine day for our council. He has taken his garment from before the sun, and caused it to shine with brightness upon us. Our eyes are opened, that we see clearly; our ears are unstopped, that we have been able to hear distinctly the words you have spoken. For all these favors we thank the Great Spirit ; and him only.
Página 113 - I have not been dry, night or day, from the third day of the week unto the sixth ; but so travelled, and at night pull off my boots, wring my stockings, and on with them again, and so continue. But God steps in and helps. I have considered the word of God, 2 Tim. ii. 3, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Página 25 - 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 154 - 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 harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.