A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs: Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820 ...Series of reports and correspondence. Some letters signed by J.C. Calhoun. Extensive statistics on Indian tribes in 1820. |
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Сторінка 54
Father , we are glad to see you . We welcome you here . We are poor . The Great
Spirit put us here in this world , as well as his other children ; and we were first
found by the French . Father , You see your children here before you , full of grief
...
Father , we are glad to see you . We welcome you here . We are poor . The Great
Spirit put us here in this world , as well as his other children ; and we were first
found by the French . Father , You see your children here before you , full of grief
...
Сторінка 55
Mau - cau - tau - bee , with apparent diffidence and modesty , then rose and said :
“ Father , We don't know what to say , or what to do , in regard to the question you
propose . We know that what you say is all good , and all true , and we take it ...
Mau - cau - tau - bee , with apparent diffidence and modesty , then rose and said :
“ Father , We don't know what to say , or what to do , in regard to the question you
propose . We know that what you say is all good , and all true , and we take it ...
Сторінка 244
My Great Father -- Some of your good chiefs , or , as they are called ,
Missionaries , have proposed to send of their good people among us to change
our habits , to make us work , and live like the white people . I will not tell a lie , I
am going tell ...
My Great Father -- Some of your good chiefs , or , as they are called ,
Missionaries , have proposed to send of their good people among us to change
our habits , to make us work , and live like the white people . I will not tell a lie , I
am going tell ...
Сторінка 246
Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820 ... Jedidiah
Morse. OTTOE PARTIZAN . “ Jy Great Father : I am brave , and if I had not been
brave , i should not have followed my father here . I have killed my enenies , I
have ...
Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820 ... Jedidiah
Morse. OTTOE PARTIZAN . “ Jy Great Father : I am brave , and if I had not been
brave , i should not have followed my father here . I have killed my enenies , I
have ...
Сторінка 247
My Great Father . - My Father was a Chief , but he grew old , and became dry like
grass , and passed away , leaving the root from which I sprung up , and have
grown so large without one mark of distinction . I am still green , but am afraid to
die ...
My Great Father . - My Father was a Chief , but he grew old , and became dry like
grass , and passed away , leaving the root from which I sprung up , and have
grown so large without one mark of distinction . I am still green , but am afraid to
die ...
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Agent amount annually appear become believe Board body called Cherokees Chiefs Choctaws Christian civilization commenced communication considerable considered Council course east Education establishment extensive facts families Father fifty five four friends give given Government ground half hands head hope hundred hunting important improvement Indians instruction interest Island kind labor Lake lands language late laws letter live manner means Michigan miles mission Missionary Mississippi Missouri Mountains mouth nation natives never object Osages passed persons prepared present principal purchase received remain remove Report reside respectable river side situation Society soon souls Spirit success Territory things thousand tion town trade tribes United village whole wish women young
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| Назва | A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs: Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820 ... |
| Автор | Jedidiah Morse |
| Подяка | United States. War Department |
| Видавець | S. Converse, 1822 |
| Оригінал із | Гарвардський університет |
| Оцифровано | 28 груд. 2007 |
| Обсяг | 496 стор. |
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