Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811 |
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... lakes , some of great size ; Lake . Champlain , formerly called the Sea of the Iroquois , Lake George , the Saratoga , the Oneida , the Cana- desaga or Seneca , the Cayuga , the Otsego , the Skaneatelas , the Canandaigua , the Cross ...
... lakes , some of great size ; Lake . Champlain , formerly called the Sea of the Iroquois , Lake George , the Saratoga , the Oneida , the Cana- desaga or Seneca , the Cayuga , the Otsego , the Skaneatelas , the Canandaigua , the Cross ...
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... Lakes Erie and Ontario , on both sides of the Ohio , till it falls into the Mississipi ; and on the north side of these lakes , that whole territory be- tween the Outawas River and Lake Huron , and even beyond the streights between that and ...
... Lakes Erie and Ontario , on both sides of the Ohio , till it falls into the Mississipi ; and on the north side of these lakes , that whole territory be- tween the Outawas River and Lake Huron , and even beyond the streights between that and ...
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... Lake Erie and north- west of Lake Ontario , and between the Lakes On- tario and Huron . All the remaining part of their territory was inhabited by the Abenaquis , Algon- kins , Shawanese , Delawares , Illinois , Miamies and other vassal ...
... Lake Erie and north- west of Lake Ontario , and between the Lakes On- tario and Huron . All the remaining part of their territory was inhabited by the Abenaquis , Algon- kins , Shawanese , Delawares , Illinois , Miamies and other vassal ...
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... Lake , the Onondagas near the Onondaga , and the Cayugas near the Cayuga Lake . The principal village of the Senecas was near the Genesee River , about Smith's New - York , 46 - Douglass's Summary , 243 . † Spectator . The proceedings ...
... Lake , the Onondagas near the Onondaga , and the Cayugas near the Cayuga Lake . The principal village of the Senecas was near the Genesee River , about Smith's New - York , 46 - Douglass's Summary , 243 . † Spectator . The proceedings ...
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... lakes being in canoes , is necessarily along the coast . The south- ern side of Lake Ontario affording a much more secure route than the northern , all the Indians who came from the great lakes , would on their way to Canada , have to ...
... lakes being in canoes , is necessarily along the coast . The south- ern side of Lake Ontario affording a much more secure route than the northern , all the Indians who came from the great lakes , would on their way to Canada , have to ...
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Page 5 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
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Page 55 - Soto, who landed with one thousand men in Florida in 1539, and penetrated a considerable distance into the interior of the country. He allotted the large fort for the use of the Spanish army; and after being extremely puzzled how to dispose of the small one in its vicinity, he at last assigned it to the swine, that generally, as he...
Page 18 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Page 40 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Page 61 - Asia had thus exhausted its exuberant population by such a great migration, it would require a very long period of time to produce a cooperation of causes, sufficient to effect another. The first mighty stream of people that flowed into America, must have remained free from external pressure for ages.
Page 57 - It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.