The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, Հատոր 1Little, Brown, 1898 |
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... passed since the first edition was published , a considerable amount of additional material has come to light . This has been care- fully collected , and is incorporated in the present edition . The most interesting portion of this new ...
... passed since the first edition was published , a considerable amount of additional material has come to light . This has been care- fully collected , and is incorporated in the present edition . The most interesting portion of this new ...
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... passed round from hand to hand . Perhaps some shrivelled old warrior , the story - teller of the tribe , recounted to attentive ears the deeds of ancient hero- ism , legends of spirits and monsters , or tales of witches and vampires ...
... passed round from hand to hand . Perhaps some shrivelled old warrior , the story - teller of the tribe , recounted to attentive ears the deeds of ancient hero- ism , legends of spirits and monsters , or tales of witches and vampires ...
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... passing season had its feasts and dances , often mingling religion with social pastime . The young had their frolics and merry - makings ; and the old had their no less frequent councils , where con- versation and laughter alternated ...
... passing season had its feasts and dances , often mingling religion with social pastime . The young had their frolics and merry - makings ; and the old had their no less frequent councils , where con- versation and laughter alternated ...
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... Passing the country of the Lenape and the Shawanoes , and descending the Ohio , the traveller would have found its valley 1 The evidence concerning the movements of the Shawanoes is well summed up by Gallatin , Synopsis , 65. See also ...
... Passing the country of the Lenape and the Shawanoes , and descending the Ohio , the traveller would have found its valley 1 The evidence concerning the movements of the Shawanoes is well summed up by Gallatin , Synopsis , 65. See also ...
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... passed in brief review the more promi- nent of the Algonquin tribes ; those whose struggles and sufferings form the theme of the ensuing History . In speaking of the Iroquois , some of the distinctive peculiarities of the Algonquins ...
... passed in brief review the more promi- nent of the Algonquin tribes ; those whose struggles and sufferings form the theme of the ensuing History . In speaking of the Iroquois , some of the distinctive peculiarities of the Algonquins ...
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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.