Memoirs, Official and Personal: With Sketches of Travels Among the Northern and Southern Indians : Embracing a War Excursion, and Descriptions of Scenes Along the Western Borders, Bände 1-2Paine and Burgess, 1846 - 136 Seiten |
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... doubt- less have been furnished , in which both my competency and integrity would have been assailed . As it was - al- though I had , in my reports , urged the passage of laws for the protection of the system from the inroads made upon ...
... doubt- less have been furnished , in which both my competency and integrity would have been assailed . As it was - al- though I had , in my reports , urged the passage of laws for the protection of the system from the inroads made upon ...
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... doubt then , nor do I now , the capacity of the Indian for the highest attainments in civilization , in the arts and religion , * but I was satisfied that no adequate plan had ever been adopted for this great reformation . Proof enough ...
... doubt then , nor do I now , the capacity of the Indian for the highest attainments in civilization , in the arts and religion , * but I was satisfied that no adequate plan had ever been adopted for this great reformation . Proof enough ...
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... doubt the intentions of the enemy to invade the capital ; and under the influence of this belief , in which I had no doubt he was sincere , I found some difficulty in procuring the necessary arms and equipments , & c . , for troops as ...
... doubt the intentions of the enemy to invade the capital ; and under the influence of this belief , in which I had no doubt he was sincere , I found some difficulty in procuring the necessary arms and equipments , & c . , for troops as ...
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... doubt the intentions of the enemy to invade the capital ; and under the influence of this belief , in which I had no doubt he was sincere , I found some difficulty in procuring the necessary arms and equipments , & c . , for troops as ...
... doubt the intentions of the enemy to invade the capital ; and under the influence of this belief , in which I had no doubt he was sincere , I found some difficulty in procuring the necessary arms and equipments , & c . , for troops as ...
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... his feelings and his principles , and had not a doubt he would find Mr. Bradley all he could desire ; and that , from that moment , to think no more of me in relation to the appointment . He was put 52 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
... his feelings and his principles , and had not a doubt he would find Mr. Bradley all he could desire ; and that , from that moment , to think no more of me in relation to the appointment . He was put 52 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
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Seite 22 - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Seite 120 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Seite 45 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Seite 32 - ... is affectionate to his children, careful of them, and indulgent in the extreme; that his affections comprehend his other connections, weakening, as with us, from circle to circle, as they recede from the centre; that his friendships are strong and faithful to the uttermost extremity...
Seite 255 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Seite 45 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Seite 236 - Being deeply impressed with the opinion that the removal of the Indian tribes from the lands which they now occupy within the limits of the several States and Territories to the country lying westward and northward thereof, within our acknowledged boundaries, is of very high importance to our Union, and may be accomplished on conditions...
Seite 255 - States, forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment not exceeding twelve months...
Seite vii - I know of no people, among whom there is such a uniformity of features (except the Chinese, the Jews, and the Negroes) as among the Asiatic Tartars. They are distinguished, indeed, by different tribes ; but this is only nominal. Nature has not acknowledged the distinction, but, on the contrary, marked them, wherever found, with the indisputable stamp of Tartars. Whether in Nova Zembla, Mongolia, Greenland, or on the banks of the Mississippi, they are the same people, forming the most numerous, and,...
Seite 29 - On that day, when our chieftains lay dead — lay dead, On that day when our chieftains lay dead, I fought hand to hand, at the head of my band, And here, on my breast, have I bled, And here, on my breast, have I bled.