| 1906 - 562 páginas
...true that he is so far off that he will not be injured by the war; he may sit in his town (Washington) and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." The council became a discussion, acrimonious and even hostile in its bitterness, the Indians seizing... | |
| Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1888 - 484 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." The President, however, adhered to the theory that the title was in the separate tribes, and that their... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 páginas
...give up this land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit sfill in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out." The interview closed by the governor promising to inform the President of the wishes of the Indians.... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 514 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 fight it out." A high-toned savage's idea of civilized wealth and greatness ! A President of the United... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 514 páginas
...to direct ye-u 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 fight it out." A high-toned savage's idea of civilized wealth and greatness ! A President of the United... | |
| Henry Adams - 1890 - 536 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." Therewith Tecumthe and Harrison parted, each to carry on his preparations for the conflict. The Secretary... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - 1895 - 926 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." The interview closed by the governor promising to inform the President of the wishes of the Indians.... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology - 1896 - 608 páginas
...him to give up the lauds, addiug) "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." The governor then requested that in the event of an Indian war Tecumtha would use his influence to... | |
| James Mooney - 1896 - 606 páginas
...us from the. sea to the bikes — wo can до no farther. — Tecumlha, 1810. The President mny »it still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out. — Tecumlha to Ilnrrigon, 1810. And now we begin to hear of the prophet's brother, Tecumtha, the most... | |
| James Mooney - 1896 - 630 páginas
...driven us from the sea to the lakes — we can go no farther. — Tecumtha, 1810. The President may Bit still in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to tight it out. — Teciimtha to Harrison, 1810. And now we begin to hear of the prophet's brother, Tecumtha,... | |
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