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Common terms and phrasesAmerican anecdote animals appeared Brother buffalo called canoe Canonchet Captain ceremony Cherokee Chief Chippewa Choctaw Choctaw language civilized colours Cornplant Council countenance Creek dead death deer dians dress Ducoin Eaglehead earth enemies English Esquimaux eyes fate father feelings fire Fond-du-Lac forest friends gave GEORGE ASH grave hair hand head heart honour hostility hundred hunt Indian Indian character Kickapoo killed Kitefoot lake land live look M'Intosh Manitoes manner ment mind missionary Missouri murder nation native nature never party Pawnee peace Philip pipe of peace Pokanoket possession present prisoner prophet received Red Jacket religion renegado river Sachem Sacheuse savage scalps seat Senekas settlements settlers Sioux skins sledges soon speech Spirit Tecumseh thing tion told tomahawk took trait treaty tribe vengeance victim wampum warrior whisky White whole wigwams wild woman women writer Wyandots young Popular passagesPage 115 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Page 112 - Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Page 112 - Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did He not give to our forefathers the knowledge of that Book, with the means of understanding it rightly. We only know what you tell us about it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people? Page 111 - ... us. Yet we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land. They wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were hired to fight against Indians, and many of our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquor among us. It was strong and powerful and has slain thousands. Page 111 - Their skins served us for clothing. He had scattered them over the country and taught us how to take them. He had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this he had done for his red children because he loved them. Page 115 - Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he cloathed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men. Page 111 - Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians. Page 110 - Brother! This council fire was kindled by you. It was at your request that we came together at this time. We have listened with attention to what you have said. You requested us to speak our minds freely. This gives us great joy, for we now consider we stand upright before you, and can speak what we think. Page 112 - You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. Page 110 - FRIEND AND BROTHER : It was the will of the Great Spirit that we should meet together this day. He orders all things, and has given us a fine day for our council. He has taken his garment from before the sun, and caused it to shine with brightness upon us. Our eyes are opened, that we see clearly; our ears are unstopped, that we have been able to hear distinctly the words you have spoken. For all these favors we thank the Great Spirit ; and him only. References from web pagesGeorge Turner (jurist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bibliographic information
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