 The natives are a mild and harmless race of savages; and when any mischief has been done by them, the cause has generally arisen, I believe, in bad treatment by their white neighbours. They have usually been treated 38.  The present state of Australia - Page 57by Robert Dawson (agent of Australian agric. co.) - 1830Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1829 - 558 pages
...than any printed book with which we are acquainted. ' The natives,' says the Journal. ' are naturally a mild and harmless race of savages, and where any mischief has been done by them, it has generally arisen, I believe, from the bad conduct of their white neighbours. I have, perhaps,... | |
 | Australia - 1830 - 34 pages
...than any printed book with which we are acquainted. ' The natives/ says the Journal, ' are naturally a mild and harmless race of savages, and where any mischief has been done by them, it has generally arisen, I believe, from the bad conduct of their white neighbours. I have, perhaps,... | |
 | 1831 - 616 pages
...destroyers, without any great abuse of language. " The natives are a mild and harmless race of mages ; and where any mischief has been done by them, the...in bad treatment by their white neighbours. Short ai my residence has been here, I have, perhaps, had more intercourse with these people, and more favourable... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...destroyers, without ar.y great abuse of language. " The natives are a mili! and harmless race of tarages ; and where any mischief has been done by them, the...has generally arisen, I believe, in bad treatment by thrir white neighbours. Short as my residence has been here, I have, perhaps, bad more intercourse... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1831 - 876 pages
...of the ahorigines of the country : " The natives are a mild and harmless race of savages ; and when any mischief has been done by them, the cause has...arisen, I believe, in bad treatment by their white neighhours. They have usually been treated in distant parts of the colony as if they bad been dogs,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1831 - 884 pages
...of the aborigines of the country : " The natives are a mild and harmless race of savages ; and when any mischief has been done by them, the cause has generally arisen, 1 believe, in bad treatment by their white neighbours. They have usually been treated in distant parts... | |
 | Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill - Philosophy - 1998 - 660 pages
...account of the aborigines of the country: "The natives are a mild and harmless race of savages; and when any mischief has been done by them, the cause has generally arisen, I believe, in bad trearment by their whire neighbours. They have usually been treared 38. Monthly Repository, 1831: V,... | |
 | Keith Robert Binney - Horsemen and horsewomen - 2005 - 612 pages
...with many conservative settlers, was his enlightened attitude towards the native tribes. Dawson wrote "The natives are a mild and harmless race of savages,...believe, in bad treatment by their white neighbours... they have been treated as if they had been dogs, and shot by convict servants for trifling causes".... | |
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