Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811 |
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... antient counsellors have still remonstrated to the warriors of the Five nations , that it was expedient to cut off all the savage nations of Canada , in order to ruin the commerce of the French , and after that to dislodge them from the ...
... antient counsellors have still remonstrated to the warriors of the Five nations , that it was expedient to cut off all the savage nations of Canada , in order to ruin the commerce of the French , and after that to dislodge them from the ...
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... antient sages . The most remarkable difference existed between the Confederates and the other Indian nations , with respect to eloquence . You may search in vain in the records and writings of the past , or in the events of the present ...
... antient sages . The most remarkable difference existed between the Confederates and the other Indian nations , with respect to eloquence . You may search in vain in the records and writings of the past , or in the events of the present ...
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... antient treaty , a female captive officiated in that capacity ; and at a treaty held in 1722 at Alba- ny , the speeches of the Indians were first rendered into Dutch , and then translated into English . * I except from these remarks ...
... antient treaty , a female captive officiated in that capacity ; and at a treaty held in 1722 at Alba- ny , the speeches of the Indians were first rendered into Dutch , and then translated into English . * I except from these remarks ...
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... antient population of the Indian na- tions . The Powhatan confederacy or empire , as it was called , contained one inhabitant for every square mile ; and the proportion of warriors to the whole number of inhabitants was , as three to ...
... antient population of the Indian na- tions . The Powhatan confederacy or empire , as it was called , contained one inhabitant for every square mile ; and the proportion of warriors to the whole number of inhabitants was , as three to ...
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... antient dwelling lands - are now crowded with a white population - excepting some reservations in the Oneida , Onondaga and Seneca countries . The Mohawks abandoned their coun- try during the war ; and the Cayugas have , since the peace ...
... antient dwelling lands - are now crowded with a white population - excepting some reservations in the Oneida , Onondaga and Seneca countries . The Mohawks abandoned their coun- try during the war ; and the Cayugas have , since the peace ...
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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.
Page 11 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.
Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 49 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Page 18 - This string of wampum serves to forbid you, your children and grand-children to the latest posterity, for ever, meddling in land affairs; neither you nor any who shall descend from you, are ever hereafter to presume to sell any land...
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.