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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... five pieces of Breteuil cannon and as many swivels , with some twenty - five or thirty houses built of boards with thatched roofs . " Except in the chimneys , " no mason's work had been used . " Scarcely more enterprise marked the first ...
... five pieces of Breteuil cannon and as many swivels , with some twenty - five or thirty houses built of boards with thatched roofs . " Except in the chimneys , " no mason's work had been used . " Scarcely more enterprise marked the first ...
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... Five Na- tions , at the time of the Dutch discovery , is not known . Morgan † cites circumstances which show The origin of this word has been long discussed . Horatio Hale re- fers it to a native Huron word , ierokwa , indicating those ...
... Five Na- tions , at the time of the Dutch discovery , is not known . Morgan † cites circumstances which show The origin of this word has been long discussed . Horatio Hale re- fers it to a native Huron word , ierokwa , indicating those ...
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... Five nations originally composed the League , the Mohawks , Oneidas , Onondagas , Cayugas , and Senecas ; but the Tuscaroras , who had long lived in North Carolina , early in the eighteenth century , were permitted to settle in New York ...
... Five nations originally composed the League , the Mohawks , Oneidas , Onondagas , Cayugas , and Senecas ; but the Tuscaroras , who had long lived in North Carolina , early in the eighteenth century , were permitted to settle in New York ...
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... five miles east of Utica and extends it directly south to Penn- sylvania , making Unadilla border - land between the two nations . Lands in several parts of Otsego County were sold by the Mohawks , but none lay as far west as Unadilla ...
... five miles east of Utica and extends it directly south to Penn- sylvania , making Unadilla border - land between the two nations . Lands in several parts of Otsego County were sold by the Mohawks , but none lay as far west as Unadilla ...
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... five . In the summer of 1608 , one year before Hen- ry Hudson explored another great river , Captain John Smith made a tour of Chesapeake Bay as far north as the mouth of the Susquehanna . Here he met the Indians whose name this river ...
... five . In the summer of 1608 , one year before Hen- ry Hudson explored another great river , Captain John Smith made a tour of Chesapeake Bay as far north as the mouth of the Susquehanna . Here he met the Indians whose name this river ...
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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