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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... prisoners and about to suffer torture , they asked permis- sion to dance the kinte - kaye . first dance witnessed by the Europeans was by the savages assembled on the point of land just above Newburgh , which still bears the name of ...
... prisoners and about to suffer torture , they asked permis- sion to dance the kinte - kaye . first dance witnessed by the Europeans was by the savages assembled on the point of land just above Newburgh , which still bears the name of ...
Halaman 32
... prisoners taken in war were rarely spared , ex- cept those of women and children , who were treated leniently and adopted by their conquerors to recruit their numbers . Male prisoners were subjected to great torture , usually by fire ...
... prisoners taken in war were rarely spared , ex- cept those of women and children , who were treated leniently and adopted by their conquerors to recruit their numbers . Male prisoners were subjected to great torture , usually by fire ...
Halaman 40
... prisoners from death , and to com- mand a cessation of war . When so determined by the matrons , the braves returned from the conflict without compromiting the character of the tribe for bravery . But this feature in their customs was ...
... prisoners from death , and to com- mand a cessation of war . When so determined by the matrons , the braves returned from the conflict without compromiting the character of the tribe for bravery . But this feature in their customs was ...
Halaman 53
... a third dangerously wounded . The contest was of short duration . The Mohawks broke and fled . Many were killed , and some taken prisoners . Not along the northern frontiers of the Iroquois , and carried OF HUDSON'S RIVER . 53.
... a third dangerously wounded . The contest was of short duration . The Mohawks broke and fled . Many were killed , and some taken prisoners . Not along the northern frontiers of the Iroquois , and carried OF HUDSON'S RIVER . 53.
Halaman 60
... prisoners taken on either side were burned or eaten ; the Mohawks were weakened and their pride humbled . Such were the results of the war at the close of 1668.6 In the spring of 1669 , a Mohawk embassy visited Quebec , and asked that ...
... prisoners taken on either side were burned or eaten ; the Mohawks were weakened and their pride humbled . Such were the results of the war at the close of 1668.6 In the spring of 1669 , a Mohawk embassy visited Quebec , and asked that ...
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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.