Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its SurroundingsJames Challen & Son, 1860 - 404 էջ |
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Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its Surroundings William Peter Strickland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1860 |
Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its Surroundings William Peter Strickland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1860 |
Old Mackinaw, Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and Its Surroundings William Peter Strickland Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1860 |
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Էջ 69 - Englishman, your king has never sent us any presents, nor entered into any treaty with us, wherefore he and we are still at war ; and, until he does these things, we must consider that we have no other father, nor friend, among the white men, than the King of France...
Էջ 68 - Englishman, we are informed that our father, the king of France, is old and infirm; and that, being fatigued with making war upon your nation, he is fallen asleep. During his sleep, you have taken advantage of him, and possessed yourselves of Canada. But his nap is almost at an end. I think I hear him already stirring, and inquiring for his children, the Indians. And, when he does awake, what must become of you? He will destroy you utterly!
Էջ 146 - The object of this society shall be to christianize the heathen in North America, and to support and promote Christian knowledge in the new settlements, within the United States; and both shall be pursued as circumstances shall point out.
Էջ 68 - Englishman, our father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Էջ 69 - ... France; but, for you, we have taken into consideration that you have ventured your life among us in the expectation that we should not molest you. You do not come armed, with an intention to make war; you come in peace, to trade with us, and supply us with necessaries, of which .we are much in want.
Էջ 68 - Englishman, it is you that have made war with this our father. You are his enemy; and how, then, could you have the boldness to venture among us, his children? You know that his enemies are ours.
Էջ 68 - Englishman ! Although you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us ! We are not your slaves ! These lakes, these woods, these mountains, were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance, and we will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white people, cannot live without bread, and pork, and beef. But you ought to know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us upon these broad lakes and in these mountains.
Էջ 114 - The phenomenon occurred at noon. The day was calm but cloudy ; the water retired suddenly, leaving the bed of the river bare, except for the distance of about twenty rods where the channel is deepest, and remained so for the space of an hour. Persons went out and caught fish in the pools formed in the rocky cavities. The return of the waters was sudden and presented a sublime spectacle. They came down like an immense surge, roaring and foaming, and those who had incautiously wandered into the river...
Էջ 64 - He does not steer towards it, for at that day the Indians were its only tenants, but keeps along the main shore to the left, while his voyageurs raise their song and chorus. Doubling a point, he sees before him the red flag of England swelling lazily in the wind, and the palisades and wooden bastions of Fort Michilimackinac standing close upon the margin of the lake.
Էջ 146 - that a discreet man, animated by the love of God and souls, of a good common education, be sought for, to travel among the Indian tribes south and west of Lake Erie, to explore their situation and learn their feelings with respect to Christianity, and so far as he has opportunity to teach them its doctrines and duties.
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Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary ..., Հատոր 2 Edwin Orin Wood Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1918 |