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" I find no appearance of a line remains ; and from the manner in which the people of the United States rush on, and act, and talk on this side ; and from what I learn of their conduct toward the sea, I shall not be surprised if we are at war with them... "
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York: Embracing Some ... - Page 338
by Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 666 pages
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Francess G. Halpenny, Jean Hamelin - Biography & Autobiography - 1966 - 1084 pages
...from the western tribes, he denounced the incursions of Americans into their territory, adding that "I shall not be surprised if we are at War with them in the Course of the present Year, and if we are a Line must then be drawn by the Kings Warriors." Leaked to the American press, which blew them...
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Life of Joseph Brant--Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of ..., Volume 2

William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1838 - 640 pages
...United States rush on, and act, and talk, on this side; and from what I learn of their conduct toward the sea, I shall not be surprised if we are at war...course of the present year ; and if so, a line must then be drawn by the warriors. " CHILDREN : You talk of selling your lands to the State of New-York/...
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The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: Volume 1, The Creation ...

Bradford Perkins, Walter LaFeber, Akira Iriye, Warren I. Cohen - History - 1995 - 276 pages
..."From the manner in which the People of the States push on, . . . on this side, and from what I learn of their conduct towards the Sea, I shall not be surprised...and if so, a Line must be drawn by the Warriors." Much to Dorchester's irritation, the text of the speech soon leaked, producing a predictable uproar...
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The Voice of the Frontier: John Bradford's Notes on Kentucky

Thomas Dionysius Clark - History - 436 pages
...manner which the people of the states push on, and act and talk on this side, and from what I learn of their conduct towards the sea, I shall not be surprised...with them in the course of the present year; and if we are, a line must be drawn by the warriors. "Children — You ask for a passport to go to New York;...
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The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720–1830

R. Douglas Hurt - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 442 pages
...the Uinted States: "From the manner in which the People of the States push on. and act. and talk ... I shall not be surprised if we are at war with them...course of the present year: and if so. a Line must then be drawn by the Warrior." He told them. "You are W ilnes-. that on our parts we have acted in...
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The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy

William Nelson Fenton - History - 1998 - 816 pages
...on Dorchester concerning the boundary issue. Dorchester's reply on 10 February 1794, that he should "not be surprised if we are at war with them in the course of the present year, " caused a sensation on both sides of the lakes. This remark represented his interpretation of reported...
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Jefferson's America, 1760-1815

Norman K. Risjord - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 460 pages
...note of the worsening relations between the United States and Great Britain, and informed the tribes, "I shall not be surprised if we are at war with them...course of the present year; and if so, a Line must then be drawn by the Warriors." That spring the British constructed Fort Miami on the Maumee River...
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Annual Register, Volume 36

Edmund Burke - History - 1806 - 804 pages
...manner in which the people of the States push on, and act, and talk on this side, and from what I learn of their conduct towards the sea, I shall not be surprised...with them in the course of the present year ; and if we are, a line must be drawn by the warriors. , Children — You ask for a passport to go to New York...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 92

1896 - 1106 pages
...remains; and from the manner in which the people of the United States push on and act and talk .... I shall not be surprised if we are at war with them...course of the present year; and if so, a line must then be drawn by the warriors; .... we have acted in the most peaceable manner, and borne the language...
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History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Volume 2

John Wesley Monette - America - 1846 - 630 pages
...that, " from the manner in which the people of the United States push forward, act, and talk, I should not be surprised if we are at war with them in the course of the present year : if so, a line will have to be drawn by the warriors." The same fall Governor Simcoe advanced from...
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