 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1880 - 800 pages
...our own times says, "It may be pleasing to the reader to be informed^-" of the fate of JVanunienoo / When it was announced to the noble chief that he must...put to death, he was not in the least daunted, and nil he is reported to have said is this : — « I LIKE IT WELL ; I SHALL DIE BEFORE MY HEART IS SOFT,... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1881 - 532 pages
...English. On declining to make terms, he was threatened with instant death, whereupon he answered, " I like it well ; I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have spoken anything unworthy of myself" ; "acting herein," says Cotton Mather, "as if, by a Pythagorean... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1885 - 506 pages
...and that his last hour had arrived, the proud warrior, with the spirit of an ancient Roman, replied, "I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." After the death of Nanuntenoo the remnant of his tribe united... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 838 pages
...the English, but he spurned the proposition. When informed' that he was to be put to death, he said: "I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, and before I have spoken a word unworthy of Canonchet." MICCONOPY, Indian chief, b. al>out 1786; d.... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 836 pages
...English, but he spurned the proposition. When informed that he was to be put to death, he said : " I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, and before I have spoken a word unworthy of Canonchet." MICCONOPf, Indian chief, b. about 1786; d.... | |
 | Medfield (Mass. : Town) - 1892 - 60 pages
...him on condition of his compliance with the English. When told his sentence was to die he answered, " I like it well ; I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." Wootonekanuske, the wife of Philip, and their son, about... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - Massachusetts - 1894 - 560 pages
...him on condition of his compliance with the English. When told his sentence was to die he answered, " I like it well ; I shall' die before my heart is soft, or I have said anything unworthy of myself." Wootonekanuske, the wife of Philip, and their son, about... | |
 | George Sheldon - Connecticut River Valley - 1895 - 696 pages
...of his to make a motion towards submission," but he refused. When told he was to die, he replied, " I like it well. I shall die before my heart is soft, or I have spoken anything unworthy of myself; " but " killing me will not end the war, for I have 2000... | |
 | Labor unions - 1899 - 352 pages
...of Indian magnanimity," writes Washington Irving. His last words on being condemned to die, were: " I like it well; I shall die before my heart is soft or I have said anything unworthy of myself." Indian warfare continued for quite sume time, and nearly... | |
 | Joel Cook - Canada - 1900 - 700 pages
...and being captured, he declined to treat with them for a pardon, saying, when threatened with death, "I like it well ; I shall die before my heart is soft or I have spoken anything unworthy of myself," whereupon he was shot. He was " acting herein," says old... | |
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I LIKE IT WELL; I SHALL DIE BEFORE MY HEART IS SOFT, OR HAVE SAID ANY THING UNWORTHY OF MYSELF. 
