They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color: none of them but have chains, ear-rings or collars of this metal: they head some of their arrows herewith much like our broad arrow heads, very workmanly made. Metallic Ornaments of the New York Indians - Page 13by William Martin Beauchamp - 1903 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1838 - 662 pages
...but somewhat less ; deer skins, very large, seal skins, and other beasts' skins, to us unknown. They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color : none of them but have chains, ear-rings or collars of this metal : they head some of... | |
| Samuel Foster Haven - United States - 1856 - 596 pages
...them are described as follows : " They have great store of copper, some very red and some of a paler color; none of them but have chains, ear-rings, or...some of their arrows herewith, much like our broad arrow T -heads, very workmanly made. Their chains are many hollow pieces cemented together, each piece... | |
| John Denison Baldwin - History - 1871 - 308 pages
...explanation could be readily accepted. But he avers that they had " great store of copper," and adds, " None of them but have chains, earrings, or collars of this metal." Therefore his statement is incredible. The following considerations will show why it must not be regarded... | |
| American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1874 - 638 pages
...1602 (American Explorers, p. 210), says the Indians " had also great store of copper, some very red, some of a pale color, none of them but have chains, earrings or collars of this metal." "These collars they wear about their bodies like bandoliers (or belts)." Brereton also mentions (Id.... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - History - 1875 - 464 pages
...the Elizabeth Islands : " They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color; none of them but have chains, ear-rings, or collars of this metal: they had some of their arrows herewith, much like our broad arrow-heads, very workman ly made. Their chains... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - Cape Cod (Mass.) - 1875 - 478 pages
...breastplate." John Brereton, of the same voyage, tells us more of the Indians of the Elizabeth Islands: "They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color; none of them but have chains, ear-rings, or collars of this metal: they had some of their... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - History - 1875 - 480 pages
...breastplate." John Brereton, of the same voyage, tells us more of the Indians of the Elizabeth Islands: "They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color; none of them but have chains, ear-rings, or collars of this metal : they had some of their... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Explorers - 1877 - 446 pages
...but somewhat less, deer-skins very large, seal-skins, and other beasts' skins, to us unknown. They have also great store of copper, some very red, and some of a paler color : nbne of them but have chains, ear-rings, or collars of this metal. They head some of... | |
| Charles Conrad Abbott - Algonquian Indians - 1881 - 586 pages
...and True Relation of the Discovery of the Northern Part of Virginia ; I^ondon, 16o2, that "they have great store of copper, some very red and some of a...collars of this metal : they head some of their arrows here with ****** broad arrowheads, very workmanly made. Their chains are many hollow pieces cemented... | |
| Charles Conrad Abbott - Geology - 1881 - 584 pages
...and True Relation of the Discovery of the Northern Part of Virginia ; London, 16o2, that "they have great store of copper, some very red and some of a...collars of this metal : they head some of their arrows here with ****** broad arrowheads, very workmanly made. Their chains are many hollow pieces cemented... | |
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