 Dexter and others, as our town book declares ; and whereas, by God's merciful assistance, I was the procurer of the purchase, not by monies nor payment, the natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance,...  The Complete Works of the Hon. Job Durfee, LL.D., Late Chief Justice of ... - Էջ 175Job Durfee (Class of 1813) - 1849 - 523 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | David Benedict - 1813 - 624 էջ
...being so shy and jealous that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance and favour with the natives, and other advantages which it pleased...gratuities which I gave to the great sachems, and other sachems and natives round about us, and lapengaged for a loving and peaceable neighbourhood with... | |
 | 1843 - 682 էջ
...natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance, and favor with the natives and other advantages which...gratuities which I gave to the great Sachems, and other Sachems and natives round about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neighborhood with... | |
 | Job Durfee - 1832 - 212 էջ
...natives being so shy and jealous that moneys could not do it, but by that language — acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advantages which...about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neight borhuodwith them to my great charge and travel; it was therefore thought fit that I should receive... | |
 | James Davis Knowles - 1834 - 448 էջ
...the natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advantages,...gratuities, which I gave to the great sachems, and other sachems round about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neighborhood with them, to... | |
 | James Davis Knowles - 1834 - 452 էջ
...also bore the charges and venture of all the gratuities, which I gave to the great sachems and other sachems and natives round about us, and lay engaged...a loving and peaceable neighborhood with them, to my great charge and travel ; it was therefore thought fit by some loving friends, that I should receive... | |
 | John Pitman - 1836 - 88 էջ
...the natives being so shy and jealous that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advantages -which it pleased God to give him." In this he means that money alone could not have procured the purchase, but this was also necessary... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow Johnson - 1839 - 112 էջ
...would have prevented it by means of money, he did it by means of acquaintance with their language, and favor with the natives, and other advantages which it pleased God to give him. Other proofs exist, that the lands were granted rather as a favor to a friend, than for pecuniary... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1841 - 590 էջ
...the natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advantages,...gratuities, which I gave to the great sachems, and other sachems round about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neighbourhood with them, to... | |
 | Rhode Island Historical Society - 1843 - 880 էջ
...natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance, and favor with the natives and other advantages which...gratuities which I gave to the great Sachems, and other Sachems and natives round about us, and lay engaged for a loving and peaceable neighborhood with... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1847 - 592 էջ
...the natives being so shy and jealous, that monies could not do it, but by that language, acquaintance and favor with the natives, and other advantages which it pleased God to give me." f He lived in no greater peace with the Indians dwelling within his own borders, than did the " people... | |
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