 | William Lawson Grant - 1926 - 622 páginas
...him to direct you to give up the 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 demands of Tecumseh as to lands and treaties were not complied with, therefore he summoned his... | |
 | Duncan Campbell Scott - 1926 - 668 páginas
...him to direct you to give up the 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 demands of Tecumseh as to lands and treaties were not complied with, therefore he summoned his... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1986 - 1458 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 Mooney - 1991 - 568 páginas
...induce him to give up the lands, adding "It is true, be 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... | |
 | Melissa A. Pflüg - 1998 - 318 páginas
...purportedly told William Henry Harrison, then governor of Indiana Territory: "The President may sit in his town and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out" (quoted in Mooney 1896:681). Tecumseh's call for collective empowerment was aided greatly by his brother,... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - 2006 - 499 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 have to fight it out." i, 167 Tecumseh (1812) 167 once again, Tecumseh claimed the murderers had not... | |
 | Colin Gordon Calloway - 2007 - 268 páginas
...would "put some sense" into the president's head and induce him to return the Indians' land. Otherwise, "He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, while you and I will have to fight it out."16 In November, Tecumseh went to Amherstburg with a delegation of 160 followers. Located on the... | |
 | 1906 - 540 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... | |
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Well, as the great chief is to determine the matter, I hope the Great Spirit will put sense enough into His head to induce him 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... 
