 | William Hubbard - Indians of North America - 1803 - 402 pages
...fcarce had reached the £2d year of his age, yet adventuring to !', "' , ••*. afk him a queftion or two, to whom this manly Sachem looking with a little...neglect upon his youthful face, replied in broken Engli/h, y.ou much child, no underftand matters of war : let your brother or your chief come, him I... | |
 | 1814 - 564 pages
...looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, " You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer." Though repealed offers were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting, with his nation, to... | |
 | Literature - 1814 - 680 pages
...looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, " You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer." Though repealed offers were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting, with his nation, to... | |
 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1821 - 328 pages
...looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, " You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer." Though repeated offers were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting with his nation to... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, " You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer." Though repeated offers were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting with his nation to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...looking with lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, « You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer. » Though repeated offers'were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting with his nation... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Indians of North America - 1829 - 306 pages
...English that came up with him was Robert Stanton, a young man that had scarcely reached the twenty-second year of his age, yet adventuring to ask him a question or two ; to whom this manly sachem, looking with some neglect, replied, You are too much a child to understand matters of war : let your brother or... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1834 - 582 pages
...indignity, but at length, casting a disdainful look upon his youthful face, "this manly sachem" said, in broken English, "YOU MUCH CHILD ! NO UNDERSTAND MATTERS OF WAR! LET YOUR BROTHER OR CHIEF COME, HIM I WILL ANSWER." And, adds Mr. Hubbard, he " was as good as his word : acting herein,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...lofty contempt upon his youthful countenance, replied, " You are a VOL. II. O child_ — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will 1 answer." Though repeated offers were made to him of his life, on condition of submitting with his... | |
 | Local history - 1835 - 484 pages
...being about twenty-one yeara old, patting a question or two io him, ihe Sachem looking neglectfully upon his youthful face, replied In broken English...matters of war, let your brother or your chief come, him I will answer;" nnd, says Hubbard, ho was as good as his word. He was promised his life if he would... | |
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You are a child — you cannot understand matters of war — let your brother or your chief come — him will I answer. 
