 Drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and so inflames their passion that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver skins, instead of furnishing their families with provisions, clothing, and other necessary supplies, they drink...  The Michigan Fur Trade - Page 20by Ida Amanda Johnson - 1919 - 201 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jesuits - Canada - 1899 - 322 pages
...mingled somewhat with the Savages (I speak only of those living near our settlements) are well aware that drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and...that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver-skins, instead of furnishing their families with provisions, clothing, and other necessary supplies,... | |
 | Fur trade - 1919 - 486 pages
...with trade, see p. 26. 70. NY Col. Docs., IX, 777; Wis. Hist. Colls., XVI, 230, 336. 71. La Hontan, NV to NW, I, 94 n. 72. Bishop Laval says of the savages...they drink away the entire proceeds in one day and are forced to pass the winter in nakedness, famine, and all sorts of deprivations. There have been... | |
 | Ida Amanda Johnson - Fur trade - 1919 - 500 pages
...trade, see p. 26. 70. .VY Col. Docs., IX, 777; Wis. Hist. Colls., XVI, 230, 336. 71. La Hontan, NV to NW, I, 94 n. 72. Bishop Laval says of the savages...they drink away the entire proceeds in one day and are forced to pass the winter in nakedness, famine, and all sorts of deprivations. There have been... | |
 | Narcisse-Eutrope Dionne - Canada - 1926 - 774 pages
...mingled somewhat with the savages (I speak only of those living near our settlements) are well aware that drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and so inflames their passions that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver skins, instead of furnishing... | |
 | William Lawson Grant - Canada - 1926 - 720 pages
...mingled somewhat with the savages (I speak only of those living near our settlements) are well aware that drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and so inflames their passions that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver skins, instead of furnishing... | |
 | Mac Marshall - Cooking - 1979 - 508 pages
...creditors" (67:39, 41). Consequently, women and children went hungry and villages were neglected/'Drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and so...they drink away the entire proceeds in one day and are forced to pass the winter in nakedness, famine, and all sorts of deprivation" (46:103). One case... | |
 | Peter C. Mancall - Indians - 1995 - 292 pages
...it only in order to become intoxicated." Another wrote that liquor was "a demon that robs [Indians] of their reason, and so inflames their passion that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver-skins, instead of furnishing their families with provisions, clothing, and other necessary supplies,... | |
 | Jesuits - Canada - 1899 - 318 pages
...mingled somewhat with the Savages (I speak only of those living near our settlements) are well aware that drink is a demon that robs them of their reason, and...that, after returning from the chase richly laden with beaver-skins, instead of furnishing their families with provisions, clothing, and other necessary supplies,... | |
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