Traits of Indian Character: As Generally Applicable to the Aborigines of North America ...Key & Biddle, 1836 |
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... ground , if he was not immediately punished - the brother advanced , and , with a spade , knocked him down , and split open his skull — ex- hibiting demoniacal expressions of joy at the accomplish- ment of the act . * Meaning Clergymen ...
... ground , if he was not immediately punished - the brother advanced , and , with a spade , knocked him down , and split open his skull — ex- hibiting demoniacal expressions of joy at the accomplish- ment of the act . * Meaning Clergymen ...
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... ground , they found maize ; where her left hand touched it , kidney - beans ; and on her turf seat , tobacco . The pious missionary , disgusted by such idle tradition , exclaimed , with becoming warmth , " What I deliver to you are ...
... ground , they found maize ; where her left hand touched it , kidney - beans ; and on her turf seat , tobacco . The pious missionary , disgusted by such idle tradition , exclaimed , with becoming warmth , " What I deliver to you are ...
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... ground , and he replied instantly , " No , I'll not leave you ; come along , and I'll take care of you . ” " I can't come , " replied Burgess , " my leg is smashed all to pieces . " Higgins sprang from the saddle , and picking up his ...
... ground , and he replied instantly , " No , I'll not leave you ; come along , and I'll take care of you . ” " I can't come , " replied Burgess , " my leg is smashed all to pieces . " Higgins sprang from the saddle , and picking up his ...
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... ground- foresaw , that , if he pursued the same tract , and should be discovered , his friend would be endangered . He , there- fore , took the heroic resolution of deviating from the true course , so far , as that any of the enemy who ...
... ground- foresaw , that , if he pursued the same tract , and should be discovered , his friend would be endangered . He , there- fore , took the heroic resolution of deviating from the true course , so far , as that any of the enemy who ...
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... his prey to observe any thing else , was looking for a rifle . The Rangers reached the battle - ground first . Mrs. Pursley , who knew Tom's spirit , thought he had thrown himself down , 26 TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER .
... his prey to observe any thing else , was looking for a rifle . The Rangers reached the battle - ground first . Mrs. Pursley , who knew Tom's spirit , thought he had thrown himself down , 26 TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER .
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Страница 122 - 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.
Страница 129 - You always told us you would never draw your foot off British ground. But now, father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry to see our father doing so without seeing the enemy. We must compare our father's conduct to a fat dog that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs and runs off.
Страница 122 - I may as well go to the meeting too, and I went with him. There stood up a man in black, and began to talk to the people very angrily; I did not understand what he said, but perceiving that he looked much at me, and at...
Страница 123 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on. We demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, where is your money ? and if I have none they say, get out you Indian dog.
Страница 123 - I imagined that he was angry at seeing me there ; so I went out, sat down near the house, struck fire, and lit my pipe, waiting till the meeting should break up. I thought too that the man had mentioned something of beaver, and I suspected it might be the subject of their meeting. So when they came out, I accosted my merchant. —
Страница 122 - Canassetego, an old acquaintance, who embraced him, spread furs for him to sit on, and placed before him some boiled beans and venison, and mixed some rum and water for his drink. When he was well refreshed, and had lit his pipe...
Страница 137 - He had now arrived within a mile of the river, when he distinctly heard the appalling sound of footsteps behind him, and every instant expected to feel the spear of his pursuer. Again he turned his head, and saw the savage not twenty yards from him. Determined, if possible, to avoid the expected blow, he suddenly...
Страница 135 - Indians — one of whom had been killed by Lewis — they set their traps at night, and took them up early in the morning, remaining concealed during the day. They were examining their traps early one morning, in a creek about six miles from that branch of the Missouri...
Страница 137 - ... had lodged. He dived under the raft, and after several efforts, got his head above water amongst the trunks of trees, covered over with smaller wood to the depth of several feet. Scarcely had he secured himself when the Indians arrived on the river, screeching and yelling, as Colter expressed it,
Страница 128 - In that war our father was thrown upon his back by the Americans ; and our father took them by the hand without our knowledge ; and we are afraid that our father will do so again at this time. " Summer before last, when I came forward with my red brethren and was ready to take up...