 You call us your children/ said an old chief to me, ' why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did ? They never took from us our lands ; indeed, they were in common between us. They planted where they pleased, and they cut wood where...  History of Posey County, Indiana - Page 31by John C. Leffel - 1913 - 401 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dillon - 1859 - 664 pages
...the name of Pems* "You call us your children," said an old chief to me — "Why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did ? They never...common between us. They planted where they pleased ; and they cut wood where they pleased ; and so did we. But, now, if a poor Indian attempts to take... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1859 - 692 pages
...of Pems* "You call us your children," said an old chief to me — ''Why do you not make us us hnppy as our fathers, the French, did ? They never took...common between us. They planted where they pleased ; and they cut wood where they pleased ; and so did we. But, now, if a poor Indian attempts to take... | |
 | De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - Indiana - 1875 - 740 pages
...people before Governor Harrison, remarked : " You call us your children ; why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did? They never...common between us. They planted where they pleased; and they cut wood where they pleased; and so did we. But now, if a poor Indian attempts to take a little... | |
 | De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - Indiana - 1875 - 756 pages
...people before Governor Harrison, remarked : " You call us your children; why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did? They never...common between us. They planted where they pleased; and they cut wood where they pleased; and so did we. But now, if a poor Indian attempts to take a little... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle, Ames Castle Pennock - Northwest, Old - 1876 - 718 pages
...his people before governor Harrison, remarked : 'You call us your children; why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did? They never...common between us. They planted where they pleased, and they cut wood *History of Indiana. where they pleased; and so did we. But now, if a poor Indian... | |
 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - Northwest, Old - 1879 - 320 pages
...ancients did the reign of Saturn. ' Y6u call us your children,' said an aged chief to Gen. Harrison, ' why do you not make us happy, as our fathers the French did ? They never took from us our lands, which, indeed, were in common between us. They planted where they pleased, and cut wood where they... | |
 | Indiana - 1880 - 918 pages
...trouble of his people before Governor Harrison, said: "You call us children ; why do you not make us as happy as our fathers, the French, did? They never took from us our lands; indeed, they were common between us. They planted where they pleased, and they cut wood where they pleased; and so did... | |
 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - Fountain County (Ind.) - 1881 - 970 pages
...ancients did the reign of Saturn. ' You call us your children, ' said an aged chief to Gen. Harrison, 'why. do you not make us happy, as our fathers the French did ? They never took from us our lands, which, indeed, were in common between us. They planted where they pleased, and cut wood where they... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1885 - 506 pages
...them with whiskey. "You call us your children," said an old chief, bitterly, to Harrison, one day ; " why do you not make us happy as our fathers the French...They never took from us our lands ; indeed they were common between us. They planted where they pleased, and they cut wood where they pleased, and so did... | |
 | Lucien Carr - History - 1888 - 406 pages
...Shawnee chief is said to have addressed to General Harrison : " You call us your children," said he ; " why do you not make us happy, as our fathers the French...common between us. They planted where they pleased, and they cut wood where they pleased, and so did we. But now, if a poor Indian attempts to take a little... | |
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