The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, Հատոր 1Little, Brown,, 1880 |
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... passed since the first edition was published , a con- siderable amount of additional material has come to light . This has been carefully collected , and is incorporated in the present edition . The most interesting portion of this new ...
... passed since the first edition was published , a con- siderable amount of additional material has come to light . This has been carefully 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 an- cient heroism , 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 an- cient heroism , 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 conversation and laughter alternated with ...
... 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 conversation and laughter alternated with ...
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... Passing the country of the Lenape and the Shawanoes , and descending the Ohio , the traveller would have found its valley chiefly occupied by two nations , the Miamis or Twightwees , on the Wabash and its branches , and the Illinois ...
... Passing the country of the Lenape and the Shawanoes , and descending the Ohio , the traveller would have found its valley chiefly occupied by two nations , the Miamis or Twightwees , on the Wabash and its branches , and the Illinois ...
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... passed in brief review the more prom- 1 See Tanner , Long , and Henry . A comparison of Tanner with the accounts of the Jesuit Le Jeune will show that Algonquin life in Lower Canada , two hundred years ago , was essentially the same ...
... passed in brief review the more prom- 1 See Tanner , Long , and Henry . A comparison of Tanner with the accounts of the Jesuit Le Jeune will show that Algonquin life in Lower Canada , two hundred years ago , was essentially the same ...
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of ..., Հատոր 1 Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
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Էջ 329 - 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 81 - 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.
Էջ 139 - I will give no more orders," replied the defeated soldier; "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 343 - Through an aperture, which afforded me a view of the area of the fort, I beheld, 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 105 - 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 98 - The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with it, soon banished the restraint which at first appeared in their conversation, and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely.
Էջ 86 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Էջ 86 - 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 348 - 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 98 - They told me, that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio, and by G they would do it; for that, although they were sensible the English could raise two men for their one, yet they knew their motions were too slow and dilatory to prevent any undertaking of theirs.