The History of the Five Indian Nations of CanadaT. Osborne, 1747 - 487 Seiten |
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... Wampum is the Current Money among the Indians : It is of two Sorts , White and Purple ; the White is worked out of the Infide of the great Conques into the Form of a Bead , and per- forated , to ftring on Leather ; the Purple is worked ...
... Wampum is the Current Money among the Indians : It is of two Sorts , White and Purple ; the White is worked out of the Infide of the great Conques into the Form of a Bead , and per- forated , to ftring on Leather ; the Purple is worked ...
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... Wampum and other Things into the Grave with it ; and the Relations fuffer not Grafs or any Weed to grow on the Grave , and fre- quently vifit it with Lamentations : But whether thefe Things be done only as Marks of Refpect to the ...
... Wampum and other Things into the Grave with it ; and the Relations fuffer not Grafs or any Weed to grow on the Grave , and fre- quently vifit it with Lamentations : But whether thefe Things be done only as Marks of Refpect to the ...
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... Wampum , as " we always.do , when we make Propofitions * ; " therefore we defire , that , if it be noted , it may " be blotted out , and not made known to Corlaer , " for we hold firmly to our Covenant , as we said in our Propofitions ...
... Wampum , as " we always.do , when we make Propofitions * ; " therefore we defire , that , if it be noted , it may " be blotted out , and not made known to Corlaer , " for we hold firmly to our Covenant , as we said in our Propofitions ...
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... Wampum , befides the Belt given , on renewal of the Friendship . The Onnondagas did not come till November ; on the fifth of which Month the Virginia Agent fpoke to them , in the fame Words he did to the Oneydoes . It does not appear ...
... Wampum , befides the Belt given , on renewal of the Friendship . The Onnondagas did not come till November ; on the fifth of which Month the Virginia Agent fpoke to them , in the fame Words he did to the Oneydoes . It does not appear ...
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... Wampum . Then the Axes were buried in the fouth - eaft End of the Court - yard , and the Indians threw the Earth upon them ; after which the Lord Howard told them , fince now a firm Peace is concluded , we fhall hereafter remain Friends ...
... Wampum . Then the Axes were buried in the fouth - eaft End of the Court - yard , and the Indians threw the Earth upon them ; after which the Lord Howard told them , fince now a firm Peace is concluded , we fhall hereafter remain Friends ...
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Seite 230 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Seite 205 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Seite 215 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Seite 190 - ... the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...
Seite 68 - We see with our own eyes that they have been a very unruly people, and are altogether in the wrong in their dealings with you. We have concluded to remove them, and oblige them to go over the river Delaware, and quit all claim to any lands on this side for the future, since they have received pay for them, and it is gone through their guts long ago. To confirm to you that we will see your request executed, we lay down this string of wampum in return for yours.
Seite 190 - ... but if the said river shall not extend so far northward, then by the said river so far as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are to be determined by a meridian line, to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said...
Seite 213 - That all witnesses coming or called to testify their knowledge in or to any matter or thing in any court, or before any lawful authority within the said province, shall there give or deliver in their evidence or testimony, by solemnly promising to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the matter or thing in question...
Seite 54 - We know our Lands are now become more valuable. The white People think we do not know their Value; but we are sensible that the Land is everlasting, and the few Goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.
Seite 10 - The first Time I was among the Mohawks, I had this Compliment from one of their old Sachems, which he did, by giving me his own Name, Cayenderongue. He had been a notable Warrior; and he told me, that now I had a Right to assume...
Seite 67 - Hear, Yonnondio: our women had taken their clubs, our children and old men had carried their bows and arrows into the heart of your camp, if our warriors had not disarmed them, and kept them back, when your messenger Ohgnesse came to our castles.