| John Frost - 1853 - 822 páginas
...land. It is true, he 433 is so far off, he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in hia town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." This is an accurate account of an interesting council, the proceedings of which have been much misrepresented.... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 páginas
...direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off that he will not be injured by the war ; he may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." Shortly after this, the Shawnee chief withdrew to Tippecanoe, the residence of the Prophet, where he... | |
| John Frost - 1857 - 853 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off, he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." This is an accurate account of an interesting council, the proceedings of which have been much misrepresented.... | |
| 1858 - 434 páginas
...defrauding us of our lands. It is true that he is so far off, that he will not bo injured by the war. He may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I have to fight it out." Thus the unsuccessful conference was dissolved, and Tecumseh, with a few trusty... | |
| John Dillon - 1859 - 664 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out/'* CHAPTER XXXVI. MILITAKY PREPARATIONS — VIEWS OF GOVERNOR HARRISON — THE PROPHET AND TECUMSEH. SOON... | |
| Wallace A. Brice - 1868 - 402 páginas
...induce him to give up this land; it is true, he is so far off, he will not be injured by the war ; he may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out.' This prophecy, it will be seen, was literally fulfilled ; and the great chieftain who uttered it, attested... | |
| Wallace A. Brice - 1868 - 392 páginas
...induce him to give up this land ; it is true, he is so far off, he will not be injured by the war ; he may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out.3 This prophecy, it will be seen, was literally fulfilled ; and the great chieftain who uttered... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1869 - 272 páginas
...determine the matter. It is true the president is so far off that he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and* I will fight it out." It was then proposed to Tecumseh that in the event of a war, he should use his influence... | |
| De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - 1875 - 740 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine while you and I will have to fight it out." OHAPTEE XIII. HARBISoN'S CAMPAIGN, CoNTINUED. AT the commencement of the session of the new territorial... | |
| De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - 1875 - 756 páginas
...to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off lie will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine while you and I will have to fight it out" CHAPTER XIII. HARRISON'S CAMPAIGN, CONTINUED. AT the commencement of the session of the new territorial... | |
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