The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, Հատոր 1Little, Brown, 1898 |
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... enemy . 1 The dread of female infidelity has been assigned , and with probable truth , as the origin of this custom . The sons of a chief's sister must necessarily be his kindred ; though his own reputed son may be , in fact , the ...
... enemy . 1 The dread of female infidelity has been assigned , and with probable truth , as the origin of this custom . The sons of a chief's sister must necessarily be his kindred ; though his own reputed son may be , in fact , the ...
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... with platforms within , for the convenience of the defenders , with magazines of stones to hurl upon the heads of the enemy , and with water conductors to extinguish any fire which might be CHAP . I. ] 19 IROQUOIS DWELLINGS .
... with platforms within , for the convenience of the defenders , with magazines of stones to hurl upon the heads of the enemy , and with water conductors to extinguish any fire which might be CHAP . I. ] 19 IROQUOIS DWELLINGS .
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... enemy when the fortunes of the fight were adverse.2 Besides these inherent qualities , the tribes of the Iroquois race derived great advantages from their superior social organization . They were all , more or less , tillers of the soil ...
... enemy when the fortunes of the fight were adverse.2 Besides these inherent qualities , the tribes of the Iroquois race derived great advantages from their superior social organization . They were all , more or less , tillers of the soil ...
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... enemies . In his feasts and his drinking bouts we find none of that robust and full - toned mirth which reigned at the rude carousals of our barbaric ancestry . He is never jovial in his cups , and maudlin sorrow or maniacal rage is the ...
... enemies . In his feasts and his drinking bouts we find none of that robust and full - toned mirth which reigned at the rude carousals of our barbaric ancestry . He is never jovial in his cups , and maudlin sorrow or maniacal rage is the ...
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... enemy , the haughty sufferer maintains to the last his look of grim defiance . His intellect is as peculiar as his moral organiza tion . Among all savages , the powers of perception preponderate over those of reason and analysis ; but ...
... enemy , the haughty sufferer maintains to the last his look of grim defiance . His intellect is as peculiar as his moral organiza tion . Among all savages , the powers of perception preponderate over those of reason and analysis ; but ...
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of ..., Հատոր 1 Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1887 |
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of ..., Հատոր 1 Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of ..., Հատոր 1 Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1898 |
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Algonquins Amherst arms army arrived assailants attack bark began boats Braddock British camp Canada Canadians canoes Captain chief close colony command confederacy council Delawares detachment Detroit enemy England English Etherington Father fight fire Five Nations force forest Fort Duquesne Fort Pitt France French fur-trade garrison Gladwyn ground guns hand hatchet heard Henry Hist hostile hundred Hurons Indians Iroquois Jesuit Johnson killed Lake Erie Lake George Lake Huron land Lenape Letter lodge Michilimackinac Mississippi Montreal morning neighboring Niagara night officers Ohio Ojibwas Ottawas palisades party passed peace Penn Pontiac posts Pottawattamies prisoners province Quebec race river Rogers sachem savage scalp sent settlements Shawanoes shore side siege siege of Detroit Sir William Johnson soldiers soon spirit squaws stood tion told trader tribes troops vessel village wampum warriors wild wilderness woods wounded Wyandots yells
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Էջ 146 - I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short; therefore, pray leave me.
Էջ 119 - In short, the dastardly behavior of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.
Էջ 356 - Langlade, begging that he would put me into some place of safety, until the heat of the affair should be over, an act of charity by which he might perhaps preserve me from the general massacre ; but while I uttered my petition, M. Langlade, who had looked for a moment at me, turned again to the window, shrugging his shoulders, and intimating that he could do nothing for me, — 'Que voudriez-vous que fen ferais ?' "This was a moment for despair; but the next, a Pani woman,* a slave of M.
Էջ 357 - ... in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Էջ 118 - The Virginia troops showed a good deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed ; for I believe out of three companies that were there, scarcely thirty men are left alive.
Էջ 91 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Էջ 343 - 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 111 - Braddock is a very Iroquois in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, ' To die is landing on some silent shore,
Էջ 361 - A reprieve upon any terms placed me among the living, and gave me back the sustaining voice of hope; but Wenniway ordered me downstairs, and there informing me that I was to be taken to his cabin, where, and indeed everywhere else, the Indians were all mad with liquor, death again was threatened, and not as possible only, but as certain. I mentioned my fears on this subject to M. Langlade, begging him to represent the danger to my master. M. Langlade in this instance did not withhold his compassion,...
Էջ 86 - pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our patent, we pray you endeavor to purchase their tytle, that we may avoid the least scruple of intrusion.