 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1847 - 700 pages
...once laced by these trails from Albany to Buffalo, trails that my people had trod for centuries — worn so deep by the feet of the Iroquois, that they became your own roads of travel, when my people no longer walked in them. Your highways still lie in those paths,... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 744 pages
...eloquence.' * The land of Ga-nnn-no, or the • Empire State' as yon love to call it, was once laced by oar Trails from Albany to Buffalo — Trails that we had...deep by the feet of the Iroquois, that they became yonr roads of travel as vour possessions gradually eat into those of my people ! Your roads still traverse... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1850 - 728 pages
...all present were deeply moved by his eloquence.' • The land of Ga-nun-no, or the 'Empire State' an you 'love to call it, was once laced by our Trails...Trails that we had trod for centuries — trails worn go deep by the feet of the Iroquoin, that they became your roads of travel as your possessions gradually... | |
 | Anna Cummings Johnson - Indians of North America - 1855 - 358 pages
...you that the Iroquois have no monuments. Did he not previously prove that the land of Gano-no-o, or the Empire State as you love to call it, was once...by the feet of the Iroquois that they became your own roads of travel as your possessions gradually eat into those of my people ? Your roads still traverse... | |
 | Cayuga County Historical Society - Cayuga County (N.Y.) - 1889 - 536 pages
...Peter Wilson, a Cayuga chief, delivered before the New York Historical Society in 1847. He said, " The Empire State, as you love to call it, was once...trails from Albany to Buffalo; trails that we had trodden for centuries ; trails worn so deep by the feet of the Iroquois that they became your roads... | |
 | Harriet S Caswell - History - 1892 - 366 pages
...Baltimore. "The honorable gentleman has told you that the Iroquois have no monuments. Do you not know that the Empire State, as you love to call it, was once...laced by our trails from Albany to Buffalo — trails worn so deep by the foot of the Iroquois that they have become your own roads of travel? Your roads... | |
 | Rose N. Yawger - Cayuga County (N.Y.) - 1893 - 394 pages
...you love to call it, was once laced by our trails from Albany to Buffalo; trails that we had trodden for centuries; trails worn so deep by the feet of...your roads of travel, as your possessions gradually ate into those of my people. Your roads still traverse the same lines of commerce which bound one part... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Architecture, Gothic - 1905 - 446 pages
...you love to call it, was once laced by our trails from Albany to Buffalo; trails that we had trodden for centuries; trails worn so deep by the feet of...your roads of travel, as your possessions gradually ate into those of my people. i See Proc. \Vi-c State Hist. Snc., 1889 and 1894. Aim, Annual Rept. Amer.... | |
 | Julia Keen Bloomfield - Indians of North America - 1907 - 506 pages
...later Peter Wilson, Ha-a-wa-no-onk, a Cayuga Chief, pathetically said before a Historical Society, "The Empire State," as you love to call it, was once...centuries, trails worn so deep by the feet of the League that they became your roads of travel as your possessions gradually cut into those of my people.... | |
 | Henry Wells Hand - Nunda (N.Y.) - 1908 - 658 pages
...who addressed by invitation on one occasion the New York Historical Society. "The land Ga-nun-no. or the Empire State, as you love to call it, was once...feet of the Iroquois that they became your roads of travels as your possessions gradually eat into those of my people. Your roads still traverse those... | |
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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... 
