Old and New Mackinac: With Copious Extracts from Marquette, Hennepin, La Houtan [!], Cadillac, Alexander Henry, and OthersCourier Steam Printing-House, 1870 - 176 էջ |
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... covering the bodies of the dead , and thus allaying the resentment of their relations . is done by making presents . This " Englishman , your king has never sent us any presents , nor entered into any treaty with us , wherefore he and ...
... covering the bodies of the dead , and thus allaying the resentment of their relations . is done by making presents . This " Englishman , your king has never sent us any presents , nor entered into any treaty with us , wherefore he and ...
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... covered with charcoal and grease , only that a white spot , of two inches in diameter , encircled either eye . This man , walking up to me , seized me , with one hand , by the collar of the coat , while in the other he held a large ...
... covered with charcoal and grease , only that a white spot , of two inches in diameter , encircled either eye . This man , walking up to me , seized me , with one hand , by the collar of the coat , while in the other he held a large ...
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... covered me . I suffered much from the cold , and in this ex- tremity , M. Langlade coming down to the beach , I asked him for a blanket , promising , if I lived , to pay him for it , at any price he pleased ; but the answer I received ...
... covered me . I suffered much from the cold , and in this ex- tremity , M. Langlade coming down to the beach , I asked him for a blanket , promising , if I lived , to pay him for it , at any price he pleased ; but the answer I received ...
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... covered with blood . The blood they moistened with spittle , and rubbing it on the bread , offered this for food to their prisoners , telling them to eat the blood of their countrymen . " Such was my situation , on the morning of the ...
... covered with blood . The blood they moistened with spittle , and rubbing it on the bread , offered this for food to their prisoners , telling them to eat the blood of their countrymen . " Such was my situation , on the morning of the ...
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... covered all the floor ! " The day passed without the return of Wawatam , and without food . As night approached I found myself unable to meet its darkness in the charnel house , which , nevertheless , I had viewed free from uneasiness ...
... covered all the floor ! " The day passed without the return of Wawatam , and without food . As night approached I found myself unable to meet its darkness in the charnel house , which , nevertheless , I had viewed free from uneasiness ...
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American approach Arch Rock arrived beach British brother Cadotte called Canadian canoes Captain Roberts cave chief Chippewas command Croghan Detroit distance Dousman enemy enemy's English Englishman Father feet fleet forest Fort Mackinac Fort Michilimackinac Fort Niagara French fur trade garrison Green Bay guns hand heard heat Henry hundred and fifty Indians informed inhabitants Jesuit L'Arbre Croche Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior land Langlade large numbers lodge Mackinac Island Mackinaw City Marquette Michili Michilimackinac miles mission missionary Mississippi Montreal morning nations night north-west Ojibwas Old Mackinaw once Ottawas passed Pontiac possession present prisoners reached received region River Salle Sault savages seen sent shores side Sir William Johnson soldiers soon spirit Straits of Mackinaw summer tion town traders tribes troops vessel village voyage warriors Wawatam Wenniway wind winter
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Էջ 40 - These lakes, these woods and 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 in these spacious lakes, and on these woody mountains.
Էջ 139 - Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Էջ 63 - At my entrance I found the whole family at the windows, gazing at the scene of blood before them. I addressed myself immediately to M. 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...
Էջ 64 - At the same instant I heard some of the Indians enter the house in which I was. The garret was separated from the room below only by a layer of single boards, at once the flooring of the one and the ceiling of the other. I could therefore hear...
Էջ 142 - Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand ?
Էջ 50 - And as for these English, — these dogs dressed in red, who have come to rob you of your hunting-grounds, and drive away the game, — you must lift the hatchet against them. Wipe them from the face of the earth, and then you will win my favor back again, and once more be happy and prosperous. The children of your great father, the King of France, are not like the English. Never forget that they are your brethren. They are very dear to me, for they love the red men, and understand the true mode...
Էջ 50 - My children, you have forgotten the customs and traditions of your forefathers. Why do you not clothe yourselves in skins, as they did, and use the bows and arrows, and the stone-pointed lances, which they used ? You have bought guns, knives, kettles, and blankets from the white men, until you can no longer do without them ; and, what is worse, you have drunk the poison fire-water, which turns you into fools.
Էջ 63 - This was a moment for despair; but the next, a Pani woman, a slave of M. Langlade's, beckoned to me to follow her. She brought me to a door, which she opened, desiring me to enter, and telling me that it led to the garret, where I must go and conceal myself. I Joyfully obeyed her directions, and she, having followed me up to the garret-door, locked it after me, and with great presence of mind took away the key.
Էջ 62 - Mr. Tracy, happened to call upon me, saying that another canoe had just arrived from Detroit, and proposing that I. should go with him to the beach, to inquire the news, it so happened that I still remained, to finish my letters ; promising to follow Mr.
Էջ 40 - Englishman, it is to you that I speak, and I demand your attention ! " ' Englishman, you know that the French king is our father. He promised to be such ; and we, in return, promised to be his children. This promise we have kept.