Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs, from Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and Powhatan; Down to and Including Chief Joseph and Geronimo: Also an Answer, from the Latest Research, of the Query, Whence Came the Indian? Together with a Number of Thrillingly Interesting Indian Stories and Anecdotes from History ... |
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... escaped the scourge . They went on to explain that their chief was a woman a young princess , but recently raised to the position . They would return and bear to her the request of the strangers , who in the meantime must await her ...
... escaped the scourge . They went on to explain that their chief was a woman a young princess , but recently raised to the position . They would return and bear to her the request of the strangers , who in the meantime must await her ...
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... escaped from the pestilence ; the other one she requested De Soto to kindly spare , for her own necessities were great . She said she had another store of corn in a neighboring vil- lage , part of which he could take if necessary . She ...
... escaped from the pestilence ; the other one she requested De Soto to kindly spare , for her own necessities were great . She said she had another store of corn in a neighboring vil- lage , part of which he could take if necessary . She ...
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... escape the dilemma by self - destruction . Savage history offers not , perhaps , another instance of such refined and romantic devotion . He could not live to please both , so he determined to die for both . The other Indians were now ...
... escape the dilemma by self - destruction . Savage history offers not , perhaps , another instance of such refined and romantic devotion . He could not live to please both , so he determined to die for both . The other Indians were now ...
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... escape from them by flight . In some way De Soto heard of this and appointed a guard who was to keep a con- stant watch upon the princess , so that she could by no possibility escape . And when he took up his march for Chiaha , May 4 ...
... escape from them by flight . In some way De Soto heard of this and appointed a guard who was to keep a con- stant watch upon the princess , so that she could by no possibility escape . And when he took up his march for Chiaha , May 4 ...
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... escape from her treacherous and brutal captors . Passing one day through a thick forest she and her attendants suddenly darted from the train and disap- peared . De Soto never saw her or heard from her again , though every effort was ...
... escape from her treacherous and brutal captors . Passing one day through a thick forest she and her attendants suddenly darted from the train and disap- peared . De Soto never saw her or heard from her again , though every effort was ...
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Page 186 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? — Not one...
Page 496 - ... freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
Page 185 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 696 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 255 - Brother! — Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter.
Page 51 - Courtiers, at the minute of my execution, she hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown...
Page 255 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 13 - Ye say their cone-like cabins, That clustered o'er the vale, Have fled away like withered leaves Before the autumn gale, But their memory liveth on your hills, Their baptism on your shore, Your everlasting rivers speak Their dialect of yore.
Page 355 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 378 - We did not expect to conquer the whites — they had too many houses, too many men. I took up the hatchet, for my part, to revenge injuries which my people could no longer endure. Had I borne them longer without striking, my people would have said, ' Black Hawk is a woman — he is too old to be a chief — he is no Sac.