The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, Հատոր 1Little, Brown, 1898 |
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... ground , the ruin of the Indian tribes might long have been postponed ; but the victory of Quebec was the signal of their swift decline . Thenceforth they were destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo - American ...
... ground , the ruin of the Indian tribes might long have been postponed ; but the victory of Quebec was the signal of their swift decline . Thenceforth they were destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo - American ...
Էջ xii
... ground , and hew the fallen trunks to due proportion . Several obstacles have retarded the progress of the work . Of these , one of the most consid- erable was the condition of my sight . For about xii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .
... ground , and hew the fallen trunks to due proportion . Several obstacles have retarded the progress of the work . Of these , one of the most consid- erable was the condition of my sight . For about xii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .
Էջ xxi
... Grounds . — Green Bay . - The Neighboring Tribes . — Gorell : his Address and Prudence ; he conciliates the Indians ; he abandons Green Bay . - The English driven from the Upper Lakes -- 351 THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC . " D THE ...
... Grounds . — Green Bay . - The Neighboring Tribes . — Gorell : his Address and Prudence ; he conciliates the Indians ; he abandons Green Bay . - The English driven from the Upper Lakes -- 351 THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC . " D THE ...
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... ground around him were strewn implements of incantation , and magic vessels formed of human skulls . Recovering from their amazement , the warriors could perceive that in the mystic words of the chant , which he still poured forth ...
... ground around him were strewn implements of incantation , and magic vessels formed of human skulls . Recovering from their amazement , the warriors could perceive that in the mystic words of the chant , which he still poured forth ...
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... ground , with an intervening framework of poles , formed the basis of the structure ; and its sides and arched roof were closely covered with layers of elm bark . Each of the larger dwellings contained several distinct families , whose ...
... ground , with an intervening framework of poles , formed the basis of the structure ; and its sides and arched roof were closely covered with layers of elm bark . Each of the larger dwellings contained several distinct families , whose ...
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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.