Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America: With Remarks on the Attempts Made to Convert and Civilize Them ...A. Constable and Company, Edinburgh, 1825 - 408 páginas |
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... means ; they evince a degree of coolness and composure which would exceed our patience ; they never permit themselves to indulge in passion , but always , from a sense of honour and greatness of soul , appear mas- ters of themselves ...
... means ; they evince a degree of coolness and composure which would exceed our patience ; they never permit themselves to indulge in passion , but always , from a sense of honour and greatness of soul , appear mas- ters of themselves ...
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... mean while matters proceeded very unfa- vourably in Canada ; and the unpromising state of Charlevoix , Hist . de la Nouvelle France , liv . vi , ; 1 . that colony having been represented to the crown CH . II . THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS ...
... mean while matters proceeded very unfa- vourably in Canada ; and the unpromising state of Charlevoix , Hist . de la Nouvelle France , liv . vi , ; 1 . that colony having been represented to the crown CH . II . THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS ...
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... means of protecting them- selves from the inclemency of the seasons , and often destitute of food . It was necessary for them to accompany the natives throughout their long and wearisome hunting parties , in the course of which they ...
... means of protecting them- selves from the inclemency of the seasons , and often destitute of food . It was necessary for them to accompany the natives throughout their long and wearisome hunting parties , in the course of which they ...
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... means he resorted to for accomplishing his object , were not very con- sistent with the so much boasted humanity of the French towards the North American savages . Dr. Colden , in his History of the Five Nations , has given various ...
... means he resorted to for accomplishing his object , were not very con- sistent with the so much boasted humanity of the French towards the North American savages . Dr. Colden , in his History of the Five Nations , has given various ...
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... means of knowing that the true is so mixed with the false , that to separate them it is necessary to be well acquainted with the history of Canada . His book * Colden's History of the Five Nations , vol . i . part ii . chap . 7 ...
... means of knowing that the true is so mixed with the false , that to separate them it is necessary to be well acquainted with the history of Canada . His book * Colden's History of the Five Nations , vol . i . part ii . chap . 7 ...
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Página 347 - 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.
Página 321 - 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 322 - 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.
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Página 346 - 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 346 - 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 321 - 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...
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