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" Indian women in general, are of an amorous disposition ; and before they are married, are not the less esteemed for the •indulgence of their passions. The Indians, in their common state, are strangers to all distinction of property, except in the articles... "
A Winter in the West - Page 95
by Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835
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The Travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke from St. Louis, by Way of the ...

Cree language - 1809 - 332 pages
...they are married, are not the less esteemed for the •indulgence of their passions. The Indians, in their common state, are strangers to all distinction...of their friends with any superfluity of their own. In dangers they readily give assistance to those of their band, who stand in need of it, without any...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 3

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...their common state, are strangers to all distinction of property, except in the articles of domestick use, which every one considers as his own, and increases...of their friends with any superfluity of their own. " In dangers they readily give assistance to those of their band who stand in need of it, without any...
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New Travels Among the Indians of North America: Being a Compilation, Taken ...

Cree language - 1812 - 318 pages
...before they are married are not the less esteemed for the indulgence of their passions. The Indians, in their common state, are strangers to all distinction...of their friends with any superfluity of their own. In dangers they readily give assistance to those of their band who stand in need of it, without any...
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A Winter in the West, Volume 2

Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 360 pages
...tradition of it) ; yet they believe in a God and immortality, without the help of metaphysics.''* dians, in their common state, are . strangers to all distinction...this subject. * Vide the collected Works of Penn. LETTER XXIX. Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, March 18. A packet of letters of introduction politely forwarded...
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A Winter in the Far West

Charles Fenno Hoffman - Northwest, Old - 1835 - 704 pages
...the Indian dismissed with several additions to his little stock. Carver says, that " the Indians, in their common state, are strangers to all distinction...this subject. • Vide the collected Works of Penn. LETTER XXX Jeflersoo Barracks, Missoori, Mtrch 18,1814. A TACKET of letters of introduction politely...
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A Winter in the West, Volume 2

Charles Fenno Hoffman - Kentucky - 1835 - 364 pages
...tradition of it) ; yet they believe in a God and immortality, without the help of metaphysics."* dians, in their common state, are strangers to all distinction...claims as a specimen of Indian autobiography, contains sonic genuine observations upon this subject. * Vide the collected Works of Penn. •V LETTER XXIX....
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Events in Indian History: Beginning with an Account of the Origin of the ...

James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 788 pages
...property, except in the articles of domestic use, which every one considers as his own, and increase as circumstances admit. They are extremely liberal...of their friends with any superfluity of their own. In dangers they readily give assistance to any of their band that stand in need of it, without any...
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Events in Indian History: Beginning with an Account of the Origin of the ...

James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 664 pages
...property, except in the articles of domestic use, which every one considers as his own, and increase as circumstances admit. They are extremely liberal to each other, and supply the defieiency of their friends with any superfluity of their own. In dangers they readily give assistance...
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The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, Volume 1

Edward Westermarck - Ethics - 1906 - 760 pages
...animal, without sending a part of it to a neighbour, if he has one near him." 3 The Naudowessies " supply the deficiency of their friends with any superfluity of their own," and " in dangers they readily give assistance to those of their band 1 Curr, The Australian Race, i....
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Indians and Europe: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays

Christian F. Feest - History - 1999 - 658 pages
...distinction of property, except in the articles of domestic use, which every one considers as his own, and supply the deficiency of their friends with any superfluity of their own" (Carver 1778:142). Both directly and indirectly, Carver used this liberal spirit of sharing to attack...
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