History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manners and Customs, Tribal and Sub-tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., EtcJ. Munsell, 1872 - 415 halaman Describes Indian tribes living in the vicinity of the Hudson River, including the Mahican, Mohawk, Delaware, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. |
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... alliance were sent out by messengers . All obligations acquired their force from the acceptance of presents . In making agree- ments or sending messages they took as many little sticks as there were conditions or parties in their ...
... alliance were sent out by messengers . All obligations acquired their force from the acceptance of presents . In making agree- ments or sending messages they took as many little sticks as there were conditions or parties in their ...
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... alliance of one tribe with another was called . In such cases an embassy was dispatched bearing a piece of tobacco , a belt of wampum , and a hatchet with a red handle . The tobacco invited a friendly smoke and consideration , the belt ...
... alliance of one tribe with another was called . In such cases an embassy was dispatched bearing a piece of tobacco , a belt of wampum , and a hatchet with a red handle . The tobacco invited a friendly smoke and consideration , the belt ...
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... alliance took place " one age , or the length of a man's life , before the white people came into the country . " Another writer fixes the date at 1414 ; while a third confirms the state- ment of Pyrlaus . Whatever may have been its ...
... alliance took place " one age , or the length of a man's life , before the white people came into the country . " Another writer fixes the date at 1414 ; while a third confirms the state- ment of Pyrlaus . Whatever may have been its ...
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... alliance was asked , or cause for war existed with another tribe , the sachem and the counselors consulted , and if they concluded to take up the hatchet , the matter was put in the hands of the heroes for execution . When peace was ...
... alliance was asked , or cause for war existed with another tribe , the sachem and the counselors consulted , and if they concluded to take up the hatchet , the matter was put in the hands of the heroes for execution . When peace was ...
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... alliance with the English in 1638. In the subsequent wars between the English and the Pequots , he remained faithful to the former , and , when the Pequots were blotted out as a nation , ' received a portion of its survivors as his ...
... alliance with the English in 1638. In the subsequent wars between the English and the Pequots , he remained faithful to the former , and , when the Pequots were blotted out as a nation , ' received a portion of its survivors as his ...
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Halaman 316 - I APPEAL to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not? During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, - Logan is the friend of the white men.
Halaman 316 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace...
Halaman 308 - gave this great island to his red children ; he placed the whites on the other side of the big water; they were not contented with their own, but came to take ours from us. They have driven us from the sea to the lakes : we can go no further.
Halaman 308 - Harrison, who was long his patient and forbearing adviser, and then his conqueror, speaks of him as " one of those uncommon geniuses which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions, and overturn the established order of things. If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would, perhaps, be the founder of an empire, that would rival in glory Mexico or Peru.
Halaman 264 - This is a family quarrel between us and Old England. You, Indians, are not concerned in it. We don't wish you to take up the hatchet against the King's troops. We desire you to remain at home, and not join either side ; but keep the hatchet buried deep.
Halaman 216 - Lehigh rivers, extending in depth as far as a man could walk in a day and a half.
Halaman 317 - I am an aged hemlock. The winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged have run away and left me : why I live, the Great Good Spirit only knows. Pray to my Jesus that I may have patience to wait for my appointed time to die.
Halaman 315 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate of peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, "Logan is the friend of the white man.
Halaman 213 - Instead of this, yon burned your own fort at Saratoga and ran away from it, which was a shame and a scandal to you. Look about your country and see; you have no fortifications about you, no, not even to this city ; 'tis but one step from Canada hither, and the French may easily come and turn you out of your doors.
Halaman 269 - BROTHERS : You remember when you first came over the great waters, I was great and you was little, very small. I then took you in for a friend, and kept you under my arms, so that no one might injure you ; since that time we have ever been true friends ; there has never been any quarrel between us. But now our conditions are changed. You are become great and tall.