 So that we who hitherto have had possession of no more ground than their waste, and our purchase at a valuable consideration to their own contentment gained, may now, by right of war and law of nations, invade the country and destroy them who sought to...  British Colonization and Coloured Tribes - Page 50by Saxe Bannister - 1838 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert A. Williams Jr. - Law - 1992 - 365 pages
...of American crusade, the Virginia Company. The savages' treachery demanded an appropriate response: [O]ur hands which before were tied with gentleness...the country and destroy them who sought to destroy us.131 Thus in one sense, explained Waterhouse, the massacre was "for the good of the Plantation. Now... | |
 | Wilcomb E. Washburn - Social Science - 1995 - 324 pages
...and faire usage, are now set at liberty by the treacherous violance of the Sausages [Savages]. ... So that we, who hitherto have had possession of no...our purchase at a valuable consideration to their owne contentment, gained; may now by right of Warre, and law of Nations, invade the Country, and destroy... | |
 | Frederic W. Gleach - History - 2000 - 262 pages
...enemies in fear and check" (Warren 1984:127, writing on Ojibwa warfare). 7 * Virginia between the Coups Our hands, which before were tied with gentleness...purchase, at a valuable consideration to their own contentmen1, gained, may now by right of war, and law of nations, invade the country, and destroy them... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1148 pages
...friend, and their enemy. Secondly, Because our hands which before were tied with gentlenesse and faire usage, are now set at liberty by the treacherous violence...our purchase at a valuable consideration to their owne contentment, gained; may now by right of Warre, and law of Nations, invade the Country, and destroy... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - History - 1998 - 607 pages
...with gentleness and fair usage, are now set at liberty by the treacherous violence of the savages. . .so that we, who hitherto have had possession of no...our purchase at a valuable consideration to their contentment gained, may now by right of war, and law of nations, invade the country, and destroy them... | |
 | James Wilson - History - 1998 - 500 pages
...'eternal friendship.' The Indians' attack on the colony was also seen as a licence to take their land. "We, who hitherto have had possession of no more ground than their waste, and our purchase,' wrote Edward Waterhouse exultantly, '. . . may now by right of Warre, and law of Nations, invade the... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2006 - 196 pages
...John read the tract in disbelief. Because our hands which before were tied with gentlenesse and faire usage, are now set at liberty by the treacherous violence...had possession of no more ground than their waste [that is, they used only their "spare" land], and our purchase at a valuable consideration to their... | |
 | Lawrence D. Bobo, Mia Tuan - History - 2006 - 300 pages
...gentleness and faire usage, are now set at liberty by the treacherous violence of the Sauvages ... So that we, who hitherto have had possession of no...waste and our purchase at a valuable consideration to theire owne contentment gained; may now by right of Warre, and law of Nations, invade the Country,... | |
 | Ben Kiernan - Social Science - 2007 - 774 pages
...Virginia colonists' spokesman Edward Waterhouse conceded in passing that Indians farmed their land: "[W]e, who hitherto have had possession of no more ground than their waste, and our purchase . . . may now by right of Warre, and law of Nations, invade the country, and destroy them who sought... | |
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