Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North AmericaW. and S.B. Ives, 1828 - 179 Seiten |
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... nations , like individuals , have their periods of growth , maturity and decline ; like them enjoy happiness and prosperity , or decay and adversity , in proportion as they improve or abuse the gifts of heaven . From the impartial ...
... nations , like individuals , have their periods of growth , maturity and decline ; like them enjoy happiness and prosperity , or decay and adversity , in proportion as they improve or abuse the gifts of heaven . From the impartial ...
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... nations who have been doomed to destruction for their cruelty , their stupid bigotry , and overweening pride ? Has there ever been in former ages any system of servi- tude so truly shocking to humanity , as the slavery to which we have ...
... nations who have been doomed to destruction for their cruelty , their stupid bigotry , and overweening pride ? Has there ever been in former ages any system of servi- tude so truly shocking to humanity , as the slavery to which we have ...
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Elizabeth Elkins Sanders. to escape the fate of those nations who founded their em- pire in blood and perfidy . The agonized cries and groans , of the miserable victims we hold in bondage , will call down the vengeance of heaven on our ...
Elizabeth Elkins Sanders. to escape the fate of those nations who founded their em- pire in blood and perfidy . The agonized cries and groans , of the miserable victims we hold in bondage , will call down the vengeance of heaven on our ...
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... Nation . These par- ticulars are mentioned , that the sanction of that great and good man to the humane policy of the government may have its due weight with all who respect the purity and sagacity of the father of his country . By this ...
... Nation . These par- ticulars are mentioned , that the sanction of that great and good man to the humane policy of the government may have its due weight with all who respect the purity and sagacity of the father of his country . By this ...
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... Nation . You will then be able to judge how far they have complied with the requisition made them by the United States ; but I must now proceed as briefly as I may to state the grounds of the controversy . " With these obli- gations ...
... Nation . You will then be able to judge how far they have complied with the requisition made them by the United States ; but I must now proceed as briefly as I may to state the grounds of the controversy . " With these obli- gations ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aborigines Abu Taleb Alachua amongst Analectic ancient Andromache appears arrived attention barbarity Bartram beautiful busk Canaanites Caroline ceded character Charlevoix Cherokee Cherokee Nation chief children of nature Christianity civilized common confidence corn coun council Creek Indians cultivated Cuscowilla dances destroy dians distance divine earth Eliza Elizabeth endeavoured enjoy entertained exhibit fathers favour feelings forests friends fruits Georgia give given ground habitations happy Hector honour hostile human imagine Indian territory Indian women inhabitants Israelites justice labour lake land M'Intosh manner ment mercy moral Mother mounts Muscogulges Natches nation natives nature notwithstanding observations party plain Polygamy possessed received religion river savanna says Seminoles sent spirit sufferings superior tender mercies tenuate territory tetragon tion told town traders treaty tribes Uchee Creek United unquestionably veneration voice warriors whilst William Bartram wisdom writer yards young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 103 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 67 - They then feast on the new* corn and fruits, and dance and sing for three days, " and the four following days they receive visits and rejoice with their friends from neighboring towns who have in like manner purified and prepared themselves.
Seite 72 - They seem to be free from want or desires. No cruel enemy to dread ; nothing to give them disquietude, but the gradual encroachments of the white people. Thus contented and undisturbed, they appear as blithe and free as the birds of the air, and like them as volatile and active, tuneful and vociferous. The visage, action, and deportment of the...
Seite 67 - On the fourth morning, the high priest, by rubbing dry wood together, produces new fire in the public square, from whence every habitation in the town is supplied with the new and pure flame.
Seite 142 - Indian corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, oats, indigo, sweet and Irish potatoes. The natives carry on considerable trade with the adjoining States; and some of them export cotton in boats down the Tennessee, to the Mississippi, and down that river to New Orleans.
Seite 99 - ... and laths, which sustain the roof or covering, which is a layer of bark neatly placed, and tight enough to exclude the rain, and sometimes they cast a thin superficies of earth over all. There is but one large door, which serves at the same time to admit light from without and the smoak to escape when a fire is kindled...
Seite 59 - It is astonishing, though a fact, as well as a sharp reproof to the white people, if they will allow themselves liberty to reflect and form a just estimate, and I must own elevates these people to the first rank amongst mankind, that they have been able to resist the continual efforts of the complicated host of vices, that have for ages overrun the nations of the old world...
Seite 56 - The Cherokees in their dispositions and manners are grave and steady; dignified and circumspect in their deportment; rather slow and reserved in conversation; yet frank, cheerful, and humane; tenacious of the liberties and natural rights of man; secret, deliberate and determined in their councils; honest, just and liberal, and ready always to sacrifice every pleasure and gratification, even their blood, and life itself, to defend their territory and maintain their rights.
Seite 57 - A proud, haughty, and arrogant race of men, they are brave and valiant in war, ambitious of conquest, restless and perpetually exercising their arms, yet magnanimous and merciful to a vanquished enemy when he submits and seeks their friendship and protection...
Seite 54 - This world, as a glorious apartment of the boundless palace of the sovereign Creator, is furnished with an infinite variety of animated scenes, inexpressibly beautiful and pleasing, equally free to the inspection and enjoyment of all his creatures.