 | Success - 1921 - 1202 pages
...short, they were totally good for nothing. "If the gentlemen of Virginia," said the Indians in reply, "will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." They believed that the glory of the young man was in his strength, in his skill in hunting and doing... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - American literature - 1923 - 208 pages
...Manners differ from ours, which we think the Perfection of Civility; they think the same of theirs. . . . Having frequent Occasions to hold public Councils,...acquired great Order and Decency in conducting them. . . . He that would speak, rises. The rest observe a profound Silence. When he has finish'd and sits... | |
 | Nancy L. Gifford - Philosophy - 1983 - 180 pages
...fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors, they were totally good for nothing. . . . We will take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. 4 The lesson should be clear. If we wish to genuinely understand and come to know other cultures, we... | |
 | Jean Barman, Yvonne M. Hébert, Don N. McCaskill - Education - 1986 - 276 pages
...We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it. And to show our grateful sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.1 These remarks, made by Red Jacket of the Senecas in l744, ring as true today as then. The needs... | |
 | Carolyn Merchant - Nature - 1989 - 404 pages
...We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.90 The downfall of the Indians' memorized oral tradition and its replacement by a European system... | |
 | Sharon O'Brien - Social Science - 1993 - 372 pages
...grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. Conassatego, of the Iroquois League, replying to an offer by the Virginia Legislature to the Six Nations,... | |
 | Kent Nerburn, Louise Mengelkoch - Literary Collections - 1991 - 136 pages
...offer, though we decline accepting it. To show our gratefulness, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care with their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them. Canassatego Treaty of Lancaster... | |
 | M. Annette Jaimes - Political Science - 1992 - 482 pages
...are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline in accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. M The United States, of course , did not avail itself of the opportunity to have even a few of its... | |
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We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them... 
