The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, Հատոր 1Little, Brown, 1898 |
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... lived tenants at will of the Five Nations ; others sought refuge in the Carolinas and Florida , where , true to their native instincts , they soon came to blows with the owners of the soil . Again , turning northwards , they formed new ...
... lived tenants at will of the Five Nations ; others sought refuge in the Carolinas and Florida , where , true to their native instincts , they soon came to blows with the owners of the soil . Again , turning northwards , they formed new ...
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... lived before him . Still , in the brief hour of plenty he forgets the season of want ; and still the sleet and the snow descend upon his houseless head.1 I have thus passed in brief review the more promi- nent of the Algonquin tribes ...
... lived before him . Still , in the brief hour of plenty he forgets the season of want ; and still the sleet and the snow descend upon his houseless head.1 I have thus passed in brief review the more promi- nent of the Algonquin tribes ...
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... Canada . The igno- rant , light - hearted Canadian peasant knew nothing and cared nothing about popular rights and civil liberties . Born to obey , he lived in contented CHAPTER II 1608-1763 FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN AMERICA.
... Canada . The igno- rant , light - hearted Canadian peasant knew nothing and cared nothing about popular rights and civil liberties . Born to obey , he lived in contented CHAPTER II 1608-1763 FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN AMERICA.
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Francis Parkman. liberties . Born to obey , he lived in contented sub- mission , without the wish or the capacity for self- rule . Power , centred in the heart of the system , left the masses inert . The settlements along the margin of ...
Francis Parkman. liberties . Born to obey , he lived in contented sub- mission , without the wish or the capacity for self- rule . Power , centred in the heart of the system , left the masses inert . The settlements along the margin of ...
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... lived happy in the midst of poverty , content if he could but gain the means to fill his tobacco - pouch , and decorate the cap of his mistress with a ribbon . The example of a beggared nobility , who , proud and penniless , could only ...
... lived happy in the midst of poverty , content if he could but gain the means to fill his tobacco - pouch , and decorate the cap of his mistress with a ribbon . The example of a beggared nobility , who , proud and penniless , could only ...
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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.