Events in Indian History: Beginning with an Account of the Origin of the American Indians, and Early Settlements in North America, and Embracing Concise Biographies of the Principal Chiefs and Head-sachems of the Different Indian Tribes, with Narratives and Captivities ... Also an Appendix Containing the Statistics of the Population of the U. States, and an Indian Vocabulary ; Illustrated with Eight Fine EngravingsG. Hills, 1841 - 633 страници |
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... father to son , for a great number of generations in the order of primogeniture , during the space of 9,000 years . They also possessed several other islands ; and , passing into Europe and Africa , subdued all Lybia as far as Egypt ...
... father to son , for a great number of generations in the order of primogeniture , during the space of 9,000 years . They also possessed several other islands ; and , passing into Europe and Africa , subdued all Lybia as far as Egypt ...
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... Father Venegas . He writes as follows : " Of all the parts of America hitherto discovered , the Californians lie nearest to Asia . We are acquainted with the mode of writing in all the eastern nations . We can distin- guish between the ...
... Father Venegas . He writes as follows : " Of all the parts of America hitherto discovered , the Californians lie nearest to Asia . We are acquainted with the mode of writing in all the eastern nations . We can distin- guish between the ...
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... in that case with as intense anxiety as if the prostrate patient had been the father or the brother of each . And meagre a's is the justice which history does the sachem , it still furnishes INDIAN BIOGRAPHY . — MASSASOIT . 41.
... in that case with as intense anxiety as if the prostrate patient had been the father or the brother of each . And meagre a's is the justice which history does the sachem , it still furnishes INDIAN BIOGRAPHY . — MASSASOIT . 41.
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... father had preserved ; but he may well have regretted , certainly , that being once forced upon the mea- sure , he should enter the battle - field unprepared for what he well knew must be the last , as it was the first , great contest ...
... father had preserved ; but he may well have regretted , certainly , that being once forced upon the mea- sure , he should enter the battle - field unprepared for what he well knew must be the last , as it was the first , great contest ...
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... father , renewed by himself , or rather by force of it , he was still independent of Ply- mouth . " These successive engagements were agreements of amity , and not of subjection any further , as he apprehended . " He then de- sired to ...
... father , renewed by himself , or rather by force of it , he was still independent of Ply- mouth . " These successive engagements were agreements of amity , and not of subjection any further , as he apprehended . " He then de- sired to ...
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Страница 340 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Страница 338 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Страница 338 - I deserved. Afterward, before this doleful time ended with me, I was turning the leaves of my Bible, and the Lord brought to me some scripture which did a little revive me ; as that, Isa. 55 : 8, — "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, saith the Lord.
Страница 328 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Страница 246 - Brother, we are told that you have been preaching to white people in this place; these people are our neighbors; we are acquainted with them, we will wait a little while and see what effect your preaching has upon them. If we find it does them good, makes them honest, and less disposed to cheat Indians, we will then consider again what you have said.
Страница 245 - Brother, our seats were once large, and yours were small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets.
Страница 333 - I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore; but He hath not given me over unto death.
Страница 244 - He made the bear and the beaver, and 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.