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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... looks and learning and was strikingly attractive in face and figure . He wore a diadem of rarest feathers , a mantle of finest and softest deerskin . At his back was a magnificent bow just his own height and an elegant quiver of arrows ...
... looks and learning and was strikingly attractive in face and figure . He wore a diadem of rarest feathers , a mantle of finest and softest deerskin . At his back was a magnificent bow just his own height and an elegant quiver of arrows ...
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... look more like the prompt- ings of compassion than either hope or fear . A month previous to his appearance among them , they were reduced to such a pitiable condition by sickness , that only six or seven men of their whole number were ...
... look more like the prompt- ings of compassion than either hope or fear . A month previous to his appearance among them , they were reduced to such a pitiable condition by sickness , that only six or seven men of their whole number were ...
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... look for their deliverer , but he had disappeared , as suddenly as he had come , and was never seen again . They firmly believed him to have been the angel of the Lord , and so it passed into the traditions of the place . Years ...
... look for their deliverer , but he had disappeared , as suddenly as he had come , and was never seen again . They firmly believed him to have been the angel of the Lord , and so it passed into the traditions of the place . Years ...
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... look to the powers beyond it , and applied to his magicians and sorcerers , who , on consulting their oracles , assured him that no Englishman should ever kill him , as indeed many had tried to do , and so far had failed . This was a ...
... look to the powers beyond it , and applied to his magicians and sorcerers , who , on consulting their oracles , assured him that no Englishman should ever kill him , as indeed many had tried to do , and so far had failed . This was a ...
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... look furtive . She said little and soon left the room ; but the sentinel at the door saw her still lingering at the street corner , though the hour for closing the gates was nearly come . At length she attracted the attention of Gladwyn ...
... look furtive . She said little and soon left the room ; but the sentinel at the door saw her still lingering at the street corner , though the hour for closing the gates was nearly come . At length she attracted the attention of Gladwyn ...
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Page 518 - It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are — perhaps freezing to death.
Page 734 - 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, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it?
Page 12 - YE say, they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That, 'mid the forests where they roamed, There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, — Ye may not wash it out.
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 359 - 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 272 - And underneath that face, like summer ocean's, Its lip as moveless, and its cheek as clear, Slumbers a whirlwind of the heart's emotions, Love, hatred, pride, hope, sorrow — all save fear.
Page 301 - We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps ; the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon our vilkges, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him.
Page 379 - You have taken me prisoner with all my warriors. I am much grieved, for I expected, if I did not defeat you, to hold out much longer and give you more trouble before I surrendered. I tried hard to bring you into ambush, but your last general understands Indian fighting.
Page 353 - Father, you have got the arms and ammunition which our great father sent for his red children. If you have an idea of going away, give them to us, and you may go and welcome, for us. Our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit. We are determined to defend our lands, and if it be his will we wish to leave our bones upon them.