Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, ' that in ancient times a herd of these... Yamoyden, a Tale of the Wars of King Philip: In Six Cantos - Page 311by James Wallis Eastburn, Robert Charles Sands - 1820 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...hlmfelf into an oratorical attitude, and with a pomp fuited te the fuppofed elevation of his fubjeil informed him, t,hat it was ,a tradition handed down...from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone licks, and began an univerfal deftruftion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation, of his fubjeft, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...their fathers, * That in ancient * times a herd of thefe tremendous animals came tq ' the big-bone licks, and began an vmiverfal deftruc* tion of the... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1802 - 452 pages
...oraiorial attitude, and, with a pomp fuited to the fuppofed elevation of his fubject, informsd him that 4t was a. tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came tp the Big-bone licks, _and began an vjniverfal deitruflion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone lick, and began an universal destruction of the bear,deer,elks,buffaloes,andother animals... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animalswhich... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...an. attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
| Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1811 - 264 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation of his fubjtft, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...their fathers, " That in ancient times, a herd of thefe tremendous animals came to the Big-bone-licks, and began a univerfal deftruiflion of the bears,... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...During the revolution a delegation of warriors from the Delaware tribe told the governor of Virginia that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers,...times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the big bone licks and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffaloes, and other animals... | |
| Robert Southey - 1815 - 302 pages
...immediately put himself into an oratorical attitude, and, with a pomp suited to the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone-lieks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
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