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
| Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1916 - 370 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... | |
| Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - Readers - 1917 - 386 pages
...little and tell you what our fathers have told us and what we 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... | |
| George Ives Haight - United States - 1920 - 186 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... | |
| National Americana Society - United States - 1923 - 804 pages
...man will prevail. My heart fails me when I think of my people so soon to be scattered and forgotten. But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed...island. Their numbers were small. They found friends, not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come... | |
| Elbert Hubbard - Literature - 1923 - 284 pages
...little 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 had made it for the use of... | |
| Elbert Hubbard - Anthologies - 1923 - 252 pages
...some 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... | |
| Founding Fathers of the United States - 1926 - 328 pages
...little 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 had made it for the use of... | |
| American literature - 1901 - 792 pages
...in the heart of many an Asiatic and African at the present day : "'Brother,' said the Red- Jacket, 'listen to what we say. There was a time when our...this great island. . . . But an evil day came upon us I Your forefathers crossed the great waters, and landed on this island. Their numbers were small ;... | |
| George Newman Fuller, Lewis Beeson - Local history - 1922 - 844 pages
...little and tell you what our fathers have told us and what we have heard from 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... | |
| W. C. Vanderwerth, William R. Carmack - Social Science - 1971 - 316 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 (meaning the continent of North America — a common belief among the Indians). Their seats extended... | |
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