 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1923 - 1150 pages
...always be depended upon. They belonged to that superior class of savages of whom Chateaubriand writes : "We may safely affirm that the better specimens of...are much superior to the lower examples of civilized people."* The Monsoni. An Algonquin clan carrying the totem of the northern •Ojibways. They are mentioned... | |
 | Jennifer Speake - Travel - 2003 - 516 pages
...representations given by Sarawak government officials and other more chastened visitors. Wallace's famous remark that "the better specimens of savages are much superior to the lower examples of civilised peoples" was inspired by his brush with Hill-Dyaks. Sarawak now became a happy hunting ground... | |
 | Ontario Archaeological Museum (Toronto) - Canada - 1922 - 436 pages
...always be depended upon. They belonged to that superior class of savages of whom Chateaubriand writes : "We may safely affirm that the better specimens of...are much superior to the lower examples of civilized people."* The Monsoni. An Algonquin clan carrying the totem of the northern Ojibways. They are mentioned... | |
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... Algonquins of the Isle were the most trustworthy and intelligent of all the Algonquins met by the French. They never broke a contract made with the French officials, or traders. Their pledged word could always be depended upon. They belonged to that... 