 Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to...  Official History of the Improved Order of Red Men - Page 104by George W. Lindsay, Charles C. Conley, Charles H. Litchman - 1893 - 623 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...ignorant of every means " of living in the woods ; unable to " bear either cold or hunger; knew " neither how to build a cabin, take a " deer, or kill an enemy; fpoke our " language imperfeftly ; were therefore " neither fit for hunters, warriors, or " counfellors... | |
 | James Anderson - Agriculture - 1800 - 632 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly, and were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were, in short, good for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy ; spokeour language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for...are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it: and to shew our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy,...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy,...imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, ^varriors, or counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors ; they were totally good for nothing. We are however, not the less obliged by your kind... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; urable to bear either cold or hunger; krew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; -speak our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fir for hunters, warriors or counsellors;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors ; They were totally good for nothing. We are however, not the less obliged by your kind... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 196 pages
...ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language im" perfectly ; were therefore.neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors ; They were totally... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy; spoke our language imperfectly; were...are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it: and to shew our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will... | |
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