 Afterwards more white people came. They brought spirituous and intoxicating liquors with them, of which the Indians became very fond. They persuaded us to sell them some land. Finally they drove us back from time to time into the wilderness, far from...  The Harvard Theological Review - Page 3461920Full view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1843 - 744 pages
...sell them some land, and finally they drove us back from time to time into the wilderness. They have destroyed the game, our people have wasted away, and now we live miserable and wretched, while the white people are enjoying our rich and beautiful country. It is this brother, that makes me sorry.'"... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - New England - 1857 - 502 pages
...back from time to time into the wilderness, far from the water and the fish and the oysters. They have destroyed the game — our people have wasted away,...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country, This makes me sorry, brethren ! and I can not help it." — p. 137. Such was the speech of a man who had... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - New England - 1857 - 488 pages
...the wilderness, far from the water and the fish and the oysters. They have destroyed the game—our people have wasted away, and now we live miserable...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country, This makes me sorry, brethren! and I can not help it."—p. 137. Such was the speech of a man who had had... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - America - 1857 - 496 pages
...the wilderness, far from the water and the fish and the oysters. They have destroyed the game—our people have wasted away, and now we live miserable...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country, This makes me sorry, brethren! and I can not help it."—p. 137. Such was the speech of a man who had had... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 480 pages
...city, the harbor, Long Island, and the adjacent country. They appeared dejected, and General KTIOX noticing this said to the Chief, 'Brother, what has...standpoint of the settlers, only two objects in view — self -protection and personal gain; personal, as applied to the various units of colonization as... | |
 | James Henry Malone - Chickasaw Indians - 1922 - 616 pages
...from time to time, into the wilderness, far from the water and the fish and the oysters. They have destroyed the game, our people have wasted away, and...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country. This makes me sorry, brother, and I cannot help it.' " On p. 137 Foster says: "Just as the Cherokees were... | |
 | James Henry Malone - Chickasaw Indians - 1922 - 630 pages
...from time to time, into the wilderness, far from the water and the fish and the oysters. They have destroyed the game, our people have wasted away, and...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country. This makes me sorry, brother, and I cannot help it.' " On p. 137 Foster says: "Just as the Cherokees were... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 478 pages
...back, from time to time, into the wilderness, far from the water, and fish, and oysters — they have destroyed the game — our people have wasted away...are enjoying our fine and beautiful country. This makes me sorry, brother ; and I cannot help it." Generosity and Tenderness of an Indian Chief. During... | |
 | John Morison Duncan - Atlantic States - 1823 - 410 pages
...from time to time into the wilderness, far from the water, and. the fish, and the oysters. They have destroyed the game ; our people have wasted away ; and now we live miserable and wretched, while they are enjoying our fine and beautiful country." After Europeans had thus plundered them of their... | |
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