Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811James Eastburn, 1812 - 81 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 5
... territory before us , although not connected with us in any other respect . * " To abstract the mind from all local emotion , says an eminent moralist , would be impossible if it were endeavoured , and it would be foolish if it were ...
... territory before us , although not connected with us in any other respect . * " To abstract the mind from all local emotion , says an eminent moralist , would be impossible if it were endeavoured , and it would be foolish if it were ...
الصفحة 6
... territory extended from Narraganset to Hudson's River and over all Long Island . The Long Island Indians , who are represented as very savage and ferocious , were called Meilowacks or Meitowacks and the Island itself Meitowacks . † The ...
... territory extended from Narraganset to Hudson's River and over all Long Island . The Long Island Indians , who are represented as very savage and ferocious , were called Meilowacks or Meitowacks and the Island itself Meitowacks . † The ...
الصفحة 8
... territory as far east as Connecti- cut River , and over the Indians on the west banks of the Hudson . The confusion on this subject has probably arisen from the same lan- guage being used by the Delawares and Abena- quis , but indeed it ...
... territory as far east as Connecti- cut River , and over the Indians on the west banks of the Hudson . The confusion on this subject has probably arisen from the same lan- guage being used by the Delawares and Abena- quis , but indeed it ...
الصفحة 10
... territory , and afford an al- most uninterrupted navigation to that extent . By these lakes and rivers , the confederates were ena- bled at all times and in all directions to carry war and destruction among the surrounding and the most ...
... territory , and afford an al- most uninterrupted navigation to that extent . By these lakes and rivers , the confederates were ena- bled at all times and in all directions to carry war and destruction among the surrounding and the most ...
الصفحة 11
... territorial limits of this extraordinary people , * for on this subject there are the most repugnant representa ... territory of the five cantons , Rogers's concise account of North America , page 6-1 Colden , 37--1 Pow- nall on the ...
... territorial limits of this extraordinary people , * for on this subject there are the most repugnant representa ... territory of the five cantons , Rogers's concise account of North America , page 6-1 Colden , 37--1 Pow- nall on the ...
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Abenaquis Albany Algonkins allies ancestors Annals antient arms army Beavers Belt blood Brethren British Brother Brothertown Indians Calumet Canada canton Cayugas Charlevoix chief Clinton Colden confederacy confederates Connecticut conquest Council Fire Creeks death declare Delaware destroyed destruction dians dominion eloquence enemies English colonies erected European expedition Five Nations forefathers forts French Genesee River Governor Grangula History Hontan houses Hudson's hunting Hurons Illinese Indian nations inhabitants Iroquois Jefferson's Notes Lake Erie Lake Ontario land Long Island Massachusetts Historical Collections ment miles military mind Mississipi Mohawks Muskingum Narragansets New-England NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Niagara North America number of warriors Ohio Oneidas Onnontio Onnotagues Onondaga Oswego Oumamis population River Sachems savage says scalping Schenectady Senecas sent settled settlement Shawanese side of Lake Sir William Johnson Six Nations Smith South speech spirit Stockbridge Stockbridge Indians territory tions treaty held Tree of Peace tribes village wampum Western whole number
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الصفحة 5 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
الصفحة 11 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.
الصفحة 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
الصفحة 49 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
الصفحة 18 - This string of wampum serves to forbid you, your children and grand-children to the latest posterity, for ever, meddling in land affairs; neither you nor any who shall descend from you, are ever hereafter to presume to sell any land...
الصفحة 55 - Soto, who landed with one thousand men in Florida in 1539, and penetrated a considerable distance into the interior of the country. He allotted the large fort for the use of the Spanish army; and after being extremely puzzled how to dispose of the small one in its vicinity, he at last assigned it to the swine, that generally, as he...
الصفحة 18 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
الصفحة 40 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
الصفحة 61 - Asia had thus exhausted its exuberant population by such a great migration, it would require a very long period of time to produce a cooperation of causes, sufficient to effect another. The first mighty stream of people that flowed into America, must have remained free from external pressure for ages.
الصفحة 57 - It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.