Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-west Territory, in 1830: Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race, Том 1F. Westley and A. H. Davis, 1833 - 396 страници |
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... spirit broken within them , —have sunk down discouraged , and abandoned them- selves to the fate of those , who have lost all ambition for a political existence , and who covet death rather than life . The wild Indian , however , whose ...
... spirit broken within them , —have sunk down discouraged , and abandoned them- selves to the fate of those , who have lost all ambition for a political existence , and who covet death rather than life . The wild Indian , however , whose ...
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... spirits from the vasty deep " -or fancy things , of which heaven or earth affords no likeness . In constitutional temperament and in principle I was rather fond of the fascinating and ever changing hues , which genuine poetry throws ...
... spirits from the vasty deep " -or fancy things , of which heaven or earth affords no likeness . In constitutional temperament and in principle I was rather fond of the fascinating and ever changing hues , which genuine poetry throws ...
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... spirit , which in other circumstances , might have left him a name , not inferior to Alex- ander , or Cesar , or Napoleon . It is sufficient to say , that in 1763 , a time of profound peace , Pontiac had attained such influence and ...
... spirit , which in other circumstances , might have left him a name , not inferior to Alex- ander , or Cesar , or Napoleon . It is sufficient to say , that in 1763 , a time of profound peace , Pontiac had attained such influence and ...
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... records of crime . What demon of hell can be more fatal to human happiness , and to the souls of men , than ardent spirits ? The children , a REMARKABLE INSTANCE , & c . 49 son and two Remarkable instance of capital crime.
... records of crime . What demon of hell can be more fatal to human happiness , and to the souls of men , than ardent spirits ? The children , a REMARKABLE INSTANCE , & c . 49 son and two Remarkable instance of capital crime.
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... spirit ! And yet , who could see the fiendly stamp upon this poor and wretched man ? For he wept - he sobbed ! His inmost soul heaved with anguish ! he bore the marks of contrition . As a man , and such a man - if we could forget his ...
... spirit ! And yet , who could see the fiendly stamp upon this poor and wretched man ? For he wept - he sobbed ! His inmost soul heaved with anguish ! he bore the marks of contrition . As a man , and such a man - if we could forget his ...
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Страница 270 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Страница 305 - 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.
Страница 52 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Страница 305 - 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 white men.
Страница 305 - I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if he ever 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.
Страница 311 - The Great Spirit made us all— he made my skin red, and yours white; he placed us on this earth, and intended that we should live differently from each other. He made the whites to cultivate the earth, and feed on domestic animals; but he made us, red skins, to rove through the uncultivated woods and plains; to feed on wild animals; and to dress with their skins.
Страница 304 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it.
Страница 302 - When last the glorious light of all the sky was underneath this globe, and birds grew silent, I began to settle, as my custom is, to take repose. Before mine eyes were fast closed...
Страница 142 - States do engage to guarantee to the aforesaid nation of Delawares, and their heirs, all their territorial rights in the fullest and most ample manner, as it hath been bounded by former treaties, as long as they the said Delaware nation shall abide by, and hold fast the chain of friendship now entered into.
Страница 313 - Sic., are of little value to you, but we wish you to have them deposited and preserved in some conspicuous part of your lodge, so that when we are gone and the sod turned over our bones. if our children should visit this place, as we do now, they may see and recognize with pleasure the deposites of their fathers; and reflect on the times that are past.