The Old New York Frontier: Its Wars with Indians and Tories; Its Missionary Schools, Pioneers and Land Titles, 1614-1800, by Francis Whiting Halsey |
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... English , which was established by the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. Beyond this line no settlements were made until after the war , when the white man secured his first titles in that fertile region of Cen- tral and Western New York ...
... English , which was established by the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. Beyond this line no settlements were made until after the war , when the white man secured his first titles in that fertile region of Cen- tral and Western New York ...
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... English rule . As late as 1695 the trade amounted to only £ 10,000 , while in 1678 Governor Andros re- ported that a merchant worth $ 2,500 or $ 5,000 was accounted a good , substantial merchant , " and a planter " worth half that in ...
... English rule . As late as 1695 the trade amounted to only £ 10,000 , while in 1678 Governor Andros re- ported that a merchant worth $ 2,500 or $ 5,000 was accounted a good , substantial merchant , " and a planter " worth half that in ...
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... English . If the English should expell us our country , we have a like conveyance to the French by the streams of St. Lawrence and Sorrell River , and if both should join , we can retire across the Lakes . " The Iroquois , though ...
... English . If the English should expell us our country , we have a like conveyance to the French by the streams of St. Lawrence and Sorrell River , and if both should join , we can retire across the Lakes . " The Iroquois , though ...
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... English early rec- ognized the Susquehanna as a gate - way to the South . In 1721 the King was advised to erect a fort near where the river flows out of the lake . Remains of ancient villages on the river at points below Cooperstown ...
... English early rec- ognized the Susquehanna as a gate - way to the South . In 1721 the King was advised to erect a fort near where the river flows out of the lake . Remains of ancient villages on the river at points below Cooperstown ...
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... English spelling of a Mohawk utterance , and they seem originally to have been the same word . The present spelling of Unadilla was adopted when the town was formed . In the Poor Master's book of 1793 it is written as we write it now ...
... English spelling of a Mohawk utterance , and they seem originally to have been the same word . The present spelling of Unadilla was adopted when the town was formed . In the Poor Master's book of 1793 it is written as we write it now ...
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Page 40 - If a white man, in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I do you ; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, and give him meat and drink, that he may allay his thirst and hunger ; and we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on ; we demand nothing in return.
Page 164 - Scalping-knife of the savage ; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitants of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment. But, my lords, this barbarous measure has been defended, not only on the principles of policy and necessity, but also on those of morality ; " for it is perfectly allowable," says Lord Suffolk,...
Page 313 - Also sixtytwo farmers, killed in their houses, the hoops red ; the skin painted brown, and marked with a hoe ; a black circle all round, to denote their being surprised in the night ; and a black hatchet in the middle, signifying their being killed with that weapon
Page 48 - Another Tongue brought in, to confess the great Saviour of the World ; or, Some Communications of Christianity, put into a Tongue used among the Iroquois Indians in America.
Page 40 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on: We demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, where is your money; and if I have none they say, get out, you Indian Dog.
Page 31 - The Empire State, as you love to call it, was once laced by our trails from Albany to Buffalo — trails that we had trod for centuries — trails worn so deep by the feet of the Iroquois that they became your roads of travel, as your possessions gradually eat into those of my people.
Page 105 - All Mines of Gold and Silver and also all White or other sorts of Pine Trees fit for Masts of the Growth of twenty four Inches Diameter and upwards at twelve Inches from the Earth for Masts for the Royal Navy of us our heirs and Successors.
Page 334 - Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, from maps and the information of others ; and could not but be struck with the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them.
Page 8 - Amsterdam merchant) — 1st, a miserable little fort called Fort Orange, built of logs, with four or five pieces of Breteuil cannon, and as many swivels. This has been reserved, and is maintained by the West India Company.
Page 150 - Na" tions. On this occasion General Haldimand told us what * had befallen the King's subjects, and said, now is the time for " you to help the King. The war has commenced. Assist the " King now, and you will find it to your advantage. Go now " and fight for your possessions, and whatever you lose of " your property during the war, the King will make up to you