The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier Between the English and the French in that Part of the World, Volumen1New Amsterdam Book Company, 1902 |
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... Manner in which they were per- formed ; and from Time to Time , all present join in a Chorus , applauding every notable Act . They exaggerate the Injuries they have at any Time received from their Ene- mies , and extol the Glory which ...
... Manner in which they were per- formed ; and from Time to Time , all present join in a Chorus , applauding every notable Act . They exaggerate the Injuries they have at any Time received from their Ene- mies , and extol the Glory which ...
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... Manner , as they always are when they go to War , to make themselves terrible to their Enemies ; and in this Manner the Night is spent . Next Day they march out with much Formality , dressed in their finest Apparel , and , in their ...
... Manner , as they always are when they go to War , to make themselves terrible to their Enemies ; and in this Manner the Night is spent . Next Day they march out with much Formality , dressed in their finest Apparel , and , in their ...
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... Manners , from those which they have lately acquired ; and for this Reason it is , that they now seldom offer Victuals to Persons of any Distinction , be- cause they know , that their Food and Cook- ery is not agreeable to our delicate ...
... Manners , from those which they have lately acquired ; and for this Reason it is , that they now seldom offer Victuals to Persons of any Distinction , be- cause they know , that their Food and Cook- ery is not agreeable to our delicate ...
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... Manner , than any Man could expect , among a People intirely ignorant of all the liberal Arts and Sciences . I am inform'd , that they are very nice in the Turn of their Expressions , and that few of xxxiv THE INTRODUCTION .
... Manner , than any Man could expect , among a People intirely ignorant of all the liberal Arts and Sciences . I am inform'd , that they are very nice in the Turn of their Expressions , and that few of xxxiv THE INTRODUCTION .
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... Manner so different from the Greek or Latin , that he cannot discover by what Rule it was done ; and even suspects , that every Verb has a peculiar Mode : They have but few radical Words , but they com- pound their Words without End ...
... Manner so different from the Greek or Latin , that he cannot discover by what Rule it was done ; and even suspects , that every Verb has a peculiar Mode : They have but few radical Words , but they com- pound their Words without End ...
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Adirondacks Albany Andross Answer Arms Assistance Bever Brethren Brother Cayenguirago Cadarackui Lake Cadwallader Colden called Canoes Captain carried Castles Cayugas Chain CHAP Children Christians Colden Coll Colonel Colonies Commandant Corlear Council Count de Frontenac Country Courage Decanesora Design desired dians Dionondadies Enemy English Enterprize Expedition Five Nations French French in Canada Friends Friendship gave Gives a Belt Government Governor of Canada Governor of New-York Hatchet Honour hundred Indian Nations intirely Island of Montreal Jesuit Milet join killed King likewise lish live Major Schuyler Manner marched Maryland Messenger Missilimakinak Mohawks Monsieur Monsr Montreal Neighbours New-England Nonville Number Occasion Oneydoes Onondaga Party Peace persuaded Place Praying Indians present Priests Prisoners promised publick Quatoghies Quebeck Reason regular Troops resolved Revenge River Sachems Schenectady Senekas sent shew Soldiers soon speak surprised taken tell Thing tions told Trade Treaty Tree of Peace Twihtwies Utawawas Virginia Wampum Yonnondio
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Página 70 - Hear, Yonnondio; take care for the future, that so great a number of soldiers as appear there do not choke the tree of peace planted in so small a fort. It will be a great loss, if, after it had so easily taken root, you should stop its growth, and prevent its covering your country and ours 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...
Página xvii - There is not a Man in the Ministry of the Five Nations, who has gain'd his Office, otherwise than by Merit; there is not the least Salary, or any Sort of Profit...
Página 67 - Yonnondio. You must have believed, when you left Quebec, that the sun had burnt up all the forests, which render our country inaccessible to the French, or that the lakes had so far overflown the banks, that they had surrounded our castles, and that it was impossible for us to...
Página 67 - I thank you, in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet, which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you, that you left under ground that murdering hatchet that has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Página xxix - 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 68 - I do not sleep; I have my eyes open; and the sun which enlightens me, discovers to me a great captain, at the head of a company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming.
Página 41 - We now plant a Tree,f whose Top will reach the Sun, and its Branches spread far abroad, so that it shall be seen afar off ; and we shall shelter ourselves under it, and live *The Name the Five Nations always give the Governor of Virginia. f The Five Nations always express Peace by the Metaphor of a Tree. 41 in Peace without Molestation.
Página 69 - Satanas into their country, to take part with them, after they had concerted ill designs against us. We have done less than either the English or French, that have usurped the lands of so many Indian nations, and chased them from their own country. This belt preserves my words.
Página xxv - Men in them padling, which go upon the Expedition ; and some Animal, as a Deer or Fox, an Emblem of the Nation against which the Expedition is designed, is painted at the Head of the Canoes ; for they always travel in Canoes along the Rivers, which lead to the Country against which the Expedition is designed, as far as they can.
Página 70 - Cadarackui, in the presence of your predecessor, in the middle of the fort, they planted the tree of peace in the same place; to be there carefully preserved: that, in the place of a retreat for soldiers, that fort might be a rendezvous for merchants: that, in place of arms and ammunition of war, beavers and merchandise should only enter there.