 Father: You have said that we are in your hand, and that, by closing it, you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children, and have determined to die so, may...  The Iroquois; Or, The Bright Side of Indian Character - Pagina 230door Anna Cummings Johnson - 1855 - 317 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 190 pagina’s
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you then determined to crush us ? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father, or of his brother, has said... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 404 pagina’s
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you then determined to crush us ? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father, or of his brother, has said... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 350 pagina’s
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you then determined to crush us ? It' you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the Iiand of his father, or of his brother, has said... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 480 pagina’s
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you then determined to crush us ? II you are, teJl us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...determined to die so, may know what to do. In this case one chiel has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 582 pagina’s
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us ? If you are, tell us so ; that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father, or hia brother, has said... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 588 pagina’s
...die so, may know what to do. In this case, one chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the...father, or his brother, has said he will retire to the Chataughque, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace." " All the land we have been... | |
 | Samuel Gardner Drake - 1837 - 642 pagina’s
...you determined to crush us ? If you CHAT. VI.] CORN-PLANT.— DEATH OF BIG-TREE. U5 are, tell us so ; that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father, or his brother, has said... | |
 | Albert Gallatin - 1840 - 476 pagina’s
...and that by closing it you could crush us. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children...do. In this case one chief has said he would ask you at once to put him out of pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother,... | |
 | James Wimer - 1841 - 664 pagina’s
...by closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said he would ask you to put him •out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or his brother, says he will... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 790 pagina’s
...die so, may know what to do. In this case, one chief has said, he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the...father, or his brother, has said he will retire to the Chataughque, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace." "All the land we have been... | |
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