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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... miles wide and twenty - five miles long , and is formed by two ranges of mountains nearly parallel to each other , extending from the northeast to the south- west . THE MOUNTAINS . These mountains contain many rocky precipices , and are ...
... miles wide and twenty - five miles long , and is formed by two ranges of mountains nearly parallel to each other , extending from the northeast to the south- west . THE MOUNTAINS . These mountains contain many rocky precipices , and are ...
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... mile and a half from the margin of the river , where small hills commence stretching to the mountains ; the rivers sometimes washing the base of the hills on one side , and sometimes on the other . The surface of the plain in some parts ...
... mile and a half from the margin of the river , where small hills commence stretching to the mountains ; the rivers sometimes washing the base of the hills on one side , and sometimes on the other . The surface of the plain in some parts ...
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... miles back from the river , unrivaled in expansive beauty , unsurpassed in luxuriant fertility . Though now gen- erally cleared and cultivated , to protect the soil from floods , a fringe of trees is left along each bank of the river ...
... miles back from the river , unrivaled in expansive beauty , unsurpassed in luxuriant fertility . Though now gen- erally cleared and cultivated , to protect the soil from floods , a fringe of trees is left along each bank of the river ...
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... mile above Mill Creek , are unmistakable evidences that a village formally existed ; for , to this day , numerous pieces of their broken pottery , flint arrow - heads , and other rude relics are to be found there . THE SHAWANESE . The ...
... mile above Mill Creek , are unmistakable evidences that a village formally existed ; for , to this day , numerous pieces of their broken pottery , flint arrow - heads , and other rude relics are to be found there . THE SHAWANESE . The ...
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... miles broad , for the sole purpose of instructing them in the means of obtaining happiness after death , and that too without requiring any compensation for his trouble and expense ; and as they had observed the anxiety of the white ...
... miles broad , for the sole purpose of instructing them in the means of obtaining happiness after death , and that too without requiring any compensation for his trouble and expense ; and as they had observed the anxiety of the white ...
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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's 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 150 - 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 white men.
Página 151 - 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 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 79 - 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 112 - 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 153 - 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 153 - Brother, continue to listen. You say 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. You say that you are right, and we are lost ; how do we know this to be true ? We understand that your religion...
Página 152 - 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 151 - Friend and brother, it was the will of the Great Spirit that we should meet together this day. He orders all things, and he 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...