 A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo, and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel sorry has the white...  Boys' Book of Border Battles - Page 232by Edwin Legrand Sabin - 1920 - 349 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa - 1895 - 378 pages
...little lies hid about me, but I don't know how it is with the Commissioners; are they as clear as I am ? A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see a camp of soldiers, and they are cutting my wood down, or killing my buffalo. I... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - America - 1898 - 962 pages
...little lies hid about me, but I don't know how it is with the commissioners. Are they as clear as I am ' A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my... | |
 | 1898 - 968 pages
...little lies hid about me, but I don't know how it is with the commissioners. Are they as clear as I am? A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cot down my timber; they kill my... | |
 | Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, Isaac Mason Holcomb - Oklahoma - 1908 - 314 pages
...protest proved effective in that no more buffalo were killed for sport on that trip. At another time he said: "A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo, and when I... | |
 | Angie Debo - History - 1970 - 468 pages
...to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when I settle down I feel pale and die. A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up the [Arkansas] river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill... | |
 | W. C. Vanderwerth, William R. Carmack - Social Science - 1971 - 316 pages
...little lies hid about me, but I don't know how it is with the commissioners. Are they as clear as I am? A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my... | |
 | Russell David Edmunds - History - 1980 - 294 pages
...little lies hid about me. but I don't know how it is with the commissioners. Are they as clear as I am? A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I goup to the river Iseecampsofsoldiers. . . . These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo;... | |
 | Arrell Morgan Gibson - History - 1981 - 336 pages
...prairie, and when I do it, I feel free and happy, but when we setde down we grow pale and die. ... A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river, I see a camp of soldiers, and they are cutting my wood down, or killing my buffalo. I... | |
 | Joanna Stratton - Biography & Autobiography - 1982 - 324 pages
...worthwhile, even then." CHAPTER SIX The Clashing of Cultures o J Indians "Hearken well to what I say. A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see a camp of soldiers, and they are cutting my wood down or killing my buffalo. I don't... | |
 | Russell Freedman - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1983 - 116 pages
..."Hearken well to what I say. ... A long time ago this land belonged to my fathers, but when I go up to the river I see a camp of soldiers, and they are cutting my wood down or killing my buffalo. I don't like that, and when I see it my heart feels like bursting with sorrow.... | |
| |
