...extirpate their race, and to invite them to baffle death with all its horrors, by their own poignards. At the same time, if their hearts failed them in this necessary act, he was him.-;elf ready to perform the deed of mercy with his own hand, as the last act of his affection ;...

...families and tribes." After picturing the scene presented by the dead and dying, and the putrid carcases dragged out of the huts by the wolves, or mangled...himself ready to perform the deed of mercy with his own o 2 band, as the last act of his affection, and instantly to follow them to the common place of rest...

...some evil spirit, and to incite them to baffle death with these horrors with their own poigards. " If their hearts failed them in this necessary act,...deed of mercy with his own hand, as the last act of affection, and instantly to follow them. " " A Dutch ship, with small-pox on board," says Guy, " put...

...could escape, and with a fatal effect which nothing could resist." McKenzie says of the Indians, — " It was not uncommon for the father of a family whom...deed of mercy with his own hand, as the last act of affection, and instantly to follow them to the common place of rest and refuge from human evil." After...