 Creeks in 1791, thus describes their belief in its properties : — " that it purifies them from all sin, and leaves them in a state of perfect innocence ; that it inspires them with an invincible prowess in war ; and that it is the only solid cement...  Pioneers of France in the New World - Page 149by Francis Parkman - 1885 - 473 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1880 - 506 pages
...fever-height. They broke in upon his words, and demanded to be led at once against the enemy. Fran9ois Bourdelais, with twenty sailors, was left with the...Condition, and Prospects of Indian Tribes, V. 266. this valiant band pushed their boats from shore.1 It was a hare-brained venture, for, as young Debre... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - America - 1925 - 944 pages
...fondness for it, they have a religious belief that it infallibly possesses the following qualities, viz. : That it purifies them from all sin, and leaves them...cement of friendship, benevolence, and hospitality. Most of them really seem to believe that the Great Spirit or Master of breath has communicated the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1885 - 522 pages
...cassina, or nupon tea. Major Swan, deputy agent for the Creeks in 1791, thus describes their beliet in its properties : " that it purifies them from all...perfectly with Le Moyne's picture in De Bry. See the United States government publication, History, Condition, and Prospects of Indian Tribes, V. 266 I... | |
 | Academy of Science of St. Louis - Science - 1892 - 790 pages
...symbolic and religious qualities of the liquid are pointed out by the same writer, as follows (p. 266) : It purifies them from all sin, and leaves them in a state of perfect innocence ; it inspires them with an invincible prowess in war; it is the only solid cement of friendship, benevolence,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1910 - 540 pages
...cassina, or unpon tea. Major Swan, deputy agent for the Creeks in 1791, thus describes their belief in itB properties: "that it purifies them from all sin, and...perfectly with Le Moyne's picture in De Bry. See the United States government publication, History, Condition, and Prospects of Indian Tribei, V. 266. ing... | |
 | Angie Debo - Social Science - 1941 - 436 pages
...because of its sacred properties. As one observer expressed it, ". . . they have a religious belief . . . That it purifies them from all sin, and leaves them...cement of friendship, benevolence, and hospitality. Most of them really seem to believe that the Great Spirit or Master of breath has communicated the... | |
 | Charles M. Hudson - Social Science - 2004 - 185 pages
...fondness for it, they have a religious belief that it infallibly possesses the following qualities, viz.: That it purifies them from all sin, and leaves them...only solid cement of friendship, benevolence, and hospitality.5 According to Benjamin Hawkins, black drink was consumed during the first day of the green... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1983 - 1530 pages
...is a strong decoction of the plant popularly called cassina, or uupon tea. Major Swan, deputy agent for the Creeks in 1791, thus describes their belief...it corresponds perfectly with Le Moyne's picture in DC Bry. See the United States government publication, History, Condition, and Prospects of Indian Tribes,... | |
 | Joel W. Martin - History - 1993 - 260 pages
...effect. A late eighteenth-century Anglo-American visitor reported that acee "purifies" the Muskogees "from all sin, and leaves them in a state of perfect innocence;. . .it inspires them with an invincible prowess in war;. . .it is the only solid cement of friendship,... | |
 | Lawrence Sullivan - Religion - 2003 - 260 pages
...social effect. A late eighteenth-century Anglo-American visitor reported that asi: "purifies" the Creeks "from all sin, and leaves them in a state of perfect innocence; ... it inspires them with an invincible prowess in war; ... it is the only solid cement of friendship,... | |
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