 Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of Indians.  The Review of Reviews - Page 180edited by - 1901Full view - About this book
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 448 pages
...disputes about our hunting ground, they were generally settled without the shedding of much blood. But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great water, and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They... | |
 | Charities - 1812 - 428 pages
...tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " ' Brother ! Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their scats extended from the rising to the setting sun : the Great Spirit had made it for the use... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...the words you have spoken. For all these favours we thank the Great Spirit, and him only. . Brother ! Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun : the Great Spirit had made it for the use... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - History - 1824 - 532 pages
...and tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit made it for the use of Indians.... | |
 | Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1824 - 876 pages
...tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. Brother, — -Listen to what we say: There was a time when our forefathers owned this great Island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit has made it for the use of... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...the words you have spoken. For all these favours we thank the Great Spirit, and him only. Brother — Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 344 pages
...tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother ! — Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island.* * Meaning the Continent — a common belief and e$. pression among the Indians. Their seats extended... | |
 | Child rearing - 1832 - 338 pages
...tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother ! — Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island.* * Meaning the Continent — a common belief and expression among the Indians. Their seats extended... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...the words you have spoken For all these favours we thank the Great Spirit and him only. Brother — Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 346 pages
...tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother ! — Listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island.* Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of... | |
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