Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811 |
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Page 13
... Shawanese , Delawares , Illinois , Miamies and other vassal nations . The acquisition of supremacy over a country of such amazing extent and fertility , inhabited by warlike and numerous nations , must have been the result of unity of ...
... Shawanese , Delawares , Illinois , Miamies and other vassal nations . The acquisition of supremacy over a country of such amazing extent and fertility , inhabited by warlike and numerous nations , must have been the result of unity of ...
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... Shawanese Nation who lived on the Wabash , but afterwards by the mediation of Mr. Penn , at the first settlement of Pennsylvania , gave them liberty to settle in the Western parts of that province ; but obliged them ,, as a badge of ...
... Shawanese Nation who lived on the Wabash , but afterwards by the mediation of Mr. Penn , at the first settlement of Pennsylvania , gave them liberty to settle in the Western parts of that province ; but obliged them ,, as a badge of ...
Page 28
... Shawanese , and several tribes of the Abenaquis . After the Iroquois had defeated the Hurons , in a dreadful battle fought near Quebec , the Neperceneans , who lived upon the St. Law- rence , fled to Hudson's Bay to avoid their fury ...
... Shawanese , and several tribes of the Abenaquis . After the Iroquois had defeated the Hurons , in a dreadful battle fought near Quebec , the Neperceneans , who lived upon the St. Law- rence , fled to Hudson's Bay to avoid their fury ...
Page 36
... Shawanese , or any other nation of In- dians , except the Iroquois . The few scintillations of intellectual light - the faint glimmerings of ge- nius , which are sometimes to be found in their speeches , are evidently derivative , and ...
... Shawanese , or any other nation of In- dians , except the Iroquois . The few scintillations of intellectual light - the faint glimmerings of ge- nius , which are sometimes to be found in their speeches , are evidently derivative , and ...
Page 39
... Shawanese and other Western Indians ; and like him , he has also employed his influence for evil , as well as for good purposes . The Indians universally Appendix , No. 3 . believe in witch - craft -- the prophet inculcated this 39.
... Shawanese and other Western Indians ; and like him , he has also employed his influence for evil , as well as for good purposes . The Indians universally Appendix , No. 3 . believe in witch - craft -- the prophet inculcated this 39.
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