The Aboriginal Races of North America: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Eminent Individuals, and an Historical Account of the Different Tribes, from the First Discovery of the Continent to the Present Period ... and a Copious Analytical IndexC. Desilver, 1859 - 736 halaman |
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... Adario - His singular stratagem to unite his countrymen against the French - De- stroys Montreal and near a thousand inhabitants -Dies in peace with the French - Dekanisora a renowned orator - Peiskaret - The miraculous CONTENTS . 7.
... Adario - His singular stratagem to unite his countrymen against the French - De- stroys Montreal and near a thousand inhabitants -Dies in peace with the French - Dekanisora a renowned orator - Peiskaret - The miraculous CONTENTS . 7.
Halaman 78
... - ner , " behung with beads , and made peace with us ; we bestowing a knife on him , and likewise on another , that first entertained the boy , and brought him thither . " Iyanough did not accompany the expedition in their return from.
... - ner , " behung with beads , and made peace with us ; we bestowing a knife on him , and likewise on another , that first entertained the boy , and brought him thither . " Iyanough did not accompany the expedition in their return from.
Halaman 86
... peace with him . We sent to the king a pair of knives , and a copper chain , with a jewel in it . To Quadequina we sent likewise a knife , and a jewel to hang in his ear , and withal a pot of strong water , a good quantity of biscuit ...
... peace with him . We sent to the king a pair of knives , and a copper chain , with a jewel in it . To Quadequina we sent likewise a knife , and a jewel to hang in his ear , and withal a pot of strong water , a good quantity of biscuit ...
Halaman 87
... peace with us ; for they have seen our people sometimes alone two or three in the woods at work and fowling , when as they offered them no harm , as they might easily have done ; and especially because he hath a potent adversary , the ...
... peace with us ; for they have seen our people sometimes alone two or three in the woods at work and fowling , when as they offered them no harm , as they might easily have done ; and especially because he hath a potent adversary , the ...
Halaman 103
... peace or war at his pleasure ; and would oft threaten the Indians , sending them word , in a private manner , we were intended shortly to kill them , that thereby he might get gifts to himself , to work their peace , insomuch as they ...
... peace or war at his pleasure ; and would oft threaten the Indians , sending them word , in a private manner , we were intended shortly to kill them , that thereby he might get gifts to himself , to work their peace , insomuch as they ...
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Halaman 41 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it: and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Halaman 70 - I seized upon. They were all of one nation, but of several parts, and several families. This accident must be acknowledged the means, under God, of putting on foot and giving life to all our plantations.
Halaman 594 - BROTHER : You say you want an answer to your talk before you leave this place. It is right you should have one, as you are a great distance from home, and we do not wish to detain you. But we will first look back a little, and tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people.
Halaman 45 - ... the print of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side ; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is fiving at this day.
Halaman 594 - Their skins served us for clothing. HE had scattered them over the country, and taught us how to take them. HE had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this HE had done for his red children, because he loved them.
Halaman 570 - We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps: the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon our villages, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him. Think well of it. There is something whispers me, it would be prudent to listen to his offers of peace.
Halaman 41 - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Halaman 513 - Conrad answered all his questions, and when the discourse began to flag, the Indian, to continue it, said, " Conrad, you have lived long among the white people, and know something of their customs ; I have been sometimes at Albany, and have observed, that once in seven days they shut up their shops, and assemble all in the great house •, tell me what it is for ? What do they do there ?" They meet there, says Conrad, to hear and learn "good things."
Halaman 594 - Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians.
Halaman 313 - Hill till you come to the top, which will require half a day's time, — and yet it is not above a Mile, — where there is also a Level of about an Acre of ground, with a pond of clear water in the midst of it, which you may hear run down, but how it ascends is a mystery.