The Work of Francis Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war after the conquest of CanadaLittle, Brown, 1898 |
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... and a dirty shirt , may be seen issuing his orders with as arbitrary an authority as a Roman dictator . " - Colden , Hist . Five Nations , 4 . The Iroquois in some measure owed their triumphs to the 10 [ CHAP . I. INDIAN TRIBES .
... and a dirty shirt , may be seen issuing his orders with as arbitrary an authority as a Roman dictator . " - Colden , Hist . Five Nations , 4 . The Iroquois in some measure owed their triumphs to the 10 [ CHAP . I. INDIAN TRIBES .
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... the other would lie flat upon his back to rest himself , and some- times they would stop , joke , and laugh heartily . " - Loskiel , Hist . Morav . Miss . 138 . system of totemship . It was this which gave the 12 [ СНАР . І. INDIAN TRIBES .
... the other would lie flat upon his back to rest himself , and some- times they would stop , joke , and laugh heartily . " - Loskiel , Hist . Morav . Miss . 138 . system of totemship . It was this which gave the 12 [ СНАР . І. INDIAN TRIBES .
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... Hist . Coll . , iii . 69 ) , the rule was the same ; but among the Algonquins , on the contrary , or at least among the northern branches of this family , the reverse took place , the totemships , and consequently the chieftainships ...
... Hist . Coll . , iii . 69 ) , the rule was the same ; but among the Algonquins , on the contrary , or at least among the northern branches of this family , the reverse took place , the totemships , and consequently the chieftainships ...
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... Hist . Onondaga , i . Cusick was an old Tuscarora Indian , who , being disabled by an accident from active occupations , essayed to become the historian of his people , and produced a small pamphlet , written in a language almost ...
... Hist . Onondaga , i . Cusick was an old Tuscarora Indian , who , being disabled by an accident from active occupations , essayed to become the historian of his people , and produced a small pamphlet , written in a language almost ...
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... Hist . New York , i . 332 ) , found one of their vil- lages built in an oblong form , with four bastions . The wall was formed of three rows of palisades , those of the outer row being forty or fifty feet high . The usual figure of the ...
... Hist . New York , i . 332 ) , found one of their vil- lages built in an oblong form , with four bastions . The wall was formed of three rows of palisades , those of the outer row being forty or fifty feet high . The usual figure of the ...
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Sida 145 - So much the better," he said; "I am happy that I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." Officers from the garrison came to his bedside to ask his orders and instructions. "I will give no more orders," replied the defeated soldier; "I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short; therefore, pray leave me.
Sida 111 - ... in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, ' To die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor Fanny II always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.
Sida 118 - In short, the dastardly behavior of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.
Sida 91 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Sida 86 - pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our patent, we pray you endeavor to purchase their tytle, that we may avoid the least scruple of intrusion.
Sida 21 - This cabin is about eighty feet long and seventeen broad, the common passage six feet wide, and the apartments on each side five feet, raised a foot above the passage by a long sapling hewed square, and fitted with joists that go from it to the back of the house. On these joists they lay large pieces of bark, and on extraordinary occasions spread mats made of rushes, which favor we had.
Sida 145 - Almost at the same moment fell his great adversary, Montcalm, as he strove, with vain bravery, to rally his shattered ranks. Struck down with a mortal wound, he was placed upon a litter and borne to the General Hospital on the banks of the St. Charles. The surgeons told him that he could not recover. "I am glad of it," was his calm reply. He then asked how long he might survive, and was told that he had not many hours remaining. " So much the better, " he said ; " I am happy that I shall not live...
Sida 21 - ... sometimes at each end, but mostly at one ; they have a shed to put their wood into in the winter, or in the summer to set to converse or play, that has a door to the south ; all the sides and roof of the cabin are made of bark, bound fast to poles set in the ground, and bent round on the top, or set...
Sida 103 - The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with it, soon banished the restraint which at first appeared in their conversation, and gave a licence to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely.
Sida 140 - At the point where the Highlanders landed, one of their captains, Donald Macdonald, apparently the same whose presence of mind had just saved the enterprise from ruin, was climbing in advance of his men, when he was challenged by a sentinel. He replied in French, by declaring that he had been sent to relieve the guard, and ordering the soldier to withdraw.