The Aboriginal Races of North America: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Eminent Individuals, and an Historical Account of the Different Tribes, from the First Discovery of the Continent to the Present Period, with a Dissertation on Their Origin, Antiquities, Manners, and Customs, Illustrative Narratives and Anecdotes, and a Copious Analytical Index |
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... known , and especially those of America , in as far as the name is seldom used among Europe it was not so unimportant . Situated between the two countries , India but in application to the aboriginal Americans . But with the people of ...
... known , and especially those of America , in as far as the name is seldom used among Europe it was not so unimportant . Situated between the two countries , India but in application to the aboriginal Americans . But with the people of ...
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... known , where the inhabitants have spacious dwellings , and every thing in the greatest plenty . To say the least of this account of Diodorus , it corresponds very well with that given of the Mexicans when first known to the Spaniards ...
... known , where the inhabitants have spacious dwellings , and every thing in the greatest plenty . To say the least of this account of Diodorus , it corresponds very well with that given of the Mexicans when first known to the Spaniards ...
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... known world . " Not only these passages from the ancient authors have been cited and re- cited by moderns , but many more , though less to the point , to show that , in some way or other , America must have been peopled from some of the ...
... known world . " Not only these passages from the ancient authors have been cited and re- cited by moderns , but many more , though less to the point , to show that , in some way or other , America must have been peopled from some of the ...
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... known ; for trees of the age of 200 years grow from the ruins of others which must have had as great age : and , 3d , no Indian nation or tribe has the least tradition concerning them . * This could not have happened had the ancestors ...
... known ; for trees of the age of 200 years grow from the ruins of others which must have had as great age : and , 3d , no Indian nation or tribe has the least tradition concerning them . * This could not have happened had the ancestors ...
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... known to the French by the name of Whitejohn , was a great drunkard . Count Frontenac asked him what he thought brandy to be made of ; he replied , that it must be made of hearts and tongues- " For , " said he , " when I have drunken ...
... known to the French by the name of Whitejohn , was a great drunkard . Count Frontenac asked him what he thought brandy to be made of ; he replied , that it must be made of hearts and tongues- " For , " said he , " when I have drunken ...
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Page 595 - Brother: The Great Spirit has made us all, but He has made a great difference between his white and red children. He has given us different complexions and different customs. To you He has given the arts. To these He has not opened our eyes. We know these things to be true. Since He has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that He has given us a different religion according to our understanding?
Page 167 - Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled — Time ! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love, — sole philosopher, For all beside are sophists, from thy thrift, Which never loses though it doth defer — Time, the avenger ! unto thee I lift My hands, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee a gift ; CXXXI.
Page 595 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great waters, and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat.
Page 595 - Brother! We do not understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children.
Page 80 - The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man. Some had expired in fight— the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some.
Page 595 - He made the bear and the beaver, and their skins served us for clothing. He had scattered them over the country, and taught us how to take them. He had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this he had done for his red children because he loved them.
Page 56 - I wished to satisfy myself whether any, and which of these opinions were just. For this purpose I determined to open and examine it thoroughly. It was situated on the low grounds of the Rivanna, about two miles above its principal fork, and opposite to some hills, on which had been an Indian town.
Page 70 - I seized upon. They were all of one nation, but of several parts, and several families. This accident must be acknowledged the means, under God, of putting on foot and giving life to all our plantations.
Page 542 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, " Logan is the friend of the white men.
Page 595 - You say that you are sent! to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true?