| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 448 pages
...pity on them, granted their His Indian name is, Sagu-ya-whJit-Jiah ; which interpreted is, Keepty ' request ; and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat, they gave us poison (alluding, it is supposed, to ardent spirits) ih return. " The white people had now found our country.... | |
| Charities - 1812 - 428 pages
...of wicked men ; and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small scat, : vie t<x)k pity on them ; granted their request ; and they sat...us. We gave them corn and meat : they gave us poison (alluding as supposed, to ardent spirits) in return. The white people had now found our country : tidings... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat ; we took pity on them, and granted their request ; and they sat down amongst us. , We gave them corn and meat, ana, Lesson 32.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 87 In return, they gave us poison. The white people having now found... | |
| William Newnham Blane - Canada - 1824 - 530 pages
...religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison* in return. " The white people had now fonnd out our * Alluding, it is supposed, to ardent spirits. country. Tilings were carried back, anjl... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...from their own country for fear of wicked men, and came here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat, and they gave us poison (spirituous liquor) in return. The white... | |
| William Newnham Blane - History - 1824 - 532 pages
...their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison * in return. " The white people had now found... | |
| Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1824 - 876 pages
...their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat; we took pity on them, granted their request, and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat: they gave us poison in return ! [alluding to ardent spirits.]... | |
| 1829 - 762 pages
...They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, and granted their request ; and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat ; they gave us poison...country. Tidings were carried back, and more came among us. Yet we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We bulieved... | |
| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, and granted their request ; and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat ; they gave us poison...country. Tidings were carried back, and more came among us. Yet we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...their own country, for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request ; and they sat down among us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return. The white people had now found... | |
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