 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 pages
...northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hun. ger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, nor kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly... | |
 | Daniel Greenberg - Education - 1992 - 152 pages
...Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living...totally good for nothing. We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if... | |
 | Joyce Hifler - Religion - 1992 - 420 pages
...Several of our young people... were instructed in alt your sciences... but when they came back to us they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods... SK NAT1ONS t is not easy to forget the hours we spent as children along some sparkling stream—and... | |
 | Gerald E. Gaull, Ray A. Goldberg - Technology & Engineering - 1993 - 270 pages
...[Yale and Harvard]; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living...totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho'we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if... | |
 | Frank Shuffelton - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 295 pages
...Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living...nor Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. Then Franklin adds an ironic stroke in the form of a counteroffer made by the Indians. The chief continues... | |
 | Beongcheon Yu - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 304 pages
...Indians attending colleges in the North had shown that when they returned to their own people "they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living...or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take Deer or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors,... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counselors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer,... | |
 | Peter G. Stone, Brian Molyneaux - Art - 1994 - 552 pages
...the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your science; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners; ignorant of every means of living...were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counselors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind... | |
 | Isaiah Smithson, Nancy Ruff - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 244 pages
...when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the wood . . . neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors,...totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if... | |
 | Peter G. Stone, Robert MacKenzie - Archaeology - 1994 - 354 pages
...Northern Provinces: They were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods . . . neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors, they were totally good for nothing. We are,... | |
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Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to... 
