Indian Biography: Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals who Have Been Distinguished Among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statemen, and Other Remarkable Characters, Volumen2

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Harper & Brothers, 1836

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Página 278 - powerful, and has slain thousands. " Brother !—Our seats were once large, and yours were very small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets. You have got our country, but are not satisfied. You want to force your religion upon us. • Spirituous liquor.
Página 157 - Of this powerful address, Mr. Jefferson says, " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent», to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan" ; and an American statesman and scholar, scarcely less illustrious than the author of this noble
Página 278 - 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. They also brought strong liquors
Página 280 - Brother !—We do not wish to destroy your religion, or take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own. " Brother !—You say you have not come to get our land or our money, but to enlighten our minds. I will now tell you that 1 have been at your meetings and saw
Página 278 - The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians. He had created the buffalo, the deer, and other animals for food. 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
Página 225 - Father !—You have got the arms and ammunition which our great father sent for his red children. If you have an idea of going away, give them to us, and you may go and welcome for us. Our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit.- We are determined to defend
Página 63 - ancestors. They are our inheritance, and we will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white people, cannot live without bread, and pork, and beef! But, you ought to know, that He,—the Great Spirit and Master of Life,—has provided food for us, in these broad lakes, and upon these mountains.
Página 287 - With look, like patient Job's, eschewing evil ; With motions, graceful as a bird's in air ; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clenched fingers in a captive's hair ! That in thy veins there springs a poison fountain, Deadlier than that which bathes the Upas tree; And in thy wrath a
Página 277 - was kindled by you. It was at your request that we came together at this time. We have listened with attention to what you have said. You requested us to speak our minds freely. This gives us great joy, for we now consider that we stand upright before you, and can speak what we think. All
Página 279 - 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 his children. We are satisfied.

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