Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American IndiansBlack, Young, and Young, 1824 - 371 páginas |
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... United States and Upper Canada , I met with several Indians , whose external wretchedness in- duced me to make inquiries as to their present condition ; and although many persons to whom I addressed myself ap- peared to be perfectly ...
... United States and Upper Canada , I met with several Indians , whose external wretchedness in- duced me to make inquiries as to their present condition ; and although many persons to whom I addressed myself ap- peared to be perfectly ...
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... United States and in Great Britain , may yet be found to interpose their power and energies in behalf of a race destitute of the use of letters to vindicate their character , and to set forth some por- stion of their wrongs , I have ...
... United States and in Great Britain , may yet be found to interpose their power and energies in behalf of a race destitute of the use of letters to vindicate their character , and to set forth some por- stion of their wrongs , I have ...
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... United States , lead me to avoid even the appear- ance of wishing to allow any sentiment to mingle in this work , which might attach to it an air of nationality . The kindness and civility which I have experienced from all ranks in the ...
... United States , lead me to avoid even the appear- ance of wishing to allow any sentiment to mingle in this work , which might attach to it an air of nationality . The kindness and civility which I have experienced from all ranks in the ...
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... United States , deceive themselves in the belief that because the poor Indians , whose lands they possess , and whose rivers they navigate , have no powerful voice to blazon their wrongs , and hold . them up to the abhorrence of mankind ...
... United States , deceive themselves in the belief that because the poor Indians , whose lands they possess , and whose rivers they navigate , have no powerful voice to blazon their wrongs , and hold . them up to the abhorrence of mankind ...
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... United States , when the following speeches were delivered by them . The reader , I think , will not fail to discern in these addresses a grand vein of original eloquence , united with great sagacity ; another proof of the error of his ...
... United States , when the following speeches were delivered by them . The reader , I think , will not fail to discern in these addresses a grand vein of original eloquence , united with great sagacity ; another proof of the error of his ...
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Página 253 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Página 317 - They care for little, because they want but little, and the reason is, a little contents them. In this they are sufficiently revenged on us ; if they are ignorant of our pleasures, they are also free from our pains.
Página 255 - Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought...
Página 256 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Página 254 - Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Página 113 - Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, and rend the knotted oak : and, therefore, will we try the effect of it upon his senses.
Página 318 - ... of body, that he will even sweat to a foam. The other part is their cantico, performed by round dances, sometimes words, sometimes songs, then shouts; two being in the middle that begin; and, by singing and drumming on a board, direct the chorus. Their postures in the dance are very antick and differing, but all keep measure. This is done with equal earnestness and labor, but great appearance of joy.
Página 312 - Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, 'and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Página 268 - That the American languages in general, are rich in words and in grammatical forms, and that in their complicated construction, the greatest order, method and regularity prevail. 2. « That these complicated forms, which I call poly synthetic, appear to exist in all those languages, from Greenland to Cape Horn.
Página 52 - I was at his house, but when I started to return home, he gave me no provision to eat on the way. He gave me neither kettle nor gun; neither did he tell me that the United States were about to rebel against the government of England.