 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - Northwest, Old - 1879 - 318 pages
...? " referring to lands on the Delaware River, which the Delawares had sold some fifty years before. "We conquered you ; we made women of you. You know...nor is it fit you should have the power of selling lands, since you would abuse it." The Iroquois orator continues his chastisement of the Delawares,... | |
 | Joseph Cochran - Mifflin County (Pa.) - 1879 - 452 pages
...the Six Nations is illustrated by the following extract from Cannasettego's speech to the Delawares : "We conquered you ; we made women of you ; you know you are women and can no more sell lands than women, nor is it fit that you should have the power of selling lands, since you would abuse... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1880 - 800 pages
...the number of 15 and upwards; but how came you [addressing himself to the Deluwares present) to take upon you to sell land at all ? We conquered you ;...nor is it fit you should have the power of selling lands, since you would ubuse it This Innd you claim is gone through your guts; you have been furnished... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 - 1880 - 402 pages
...you are bent to break the chain of friendship. How came you to take upon you to sell land at all I We conquered you ; we made women of you ; you know...you are women, and can no more sell land than women. This land you claim is gone down your throats ; you have been furnished with clothes, meat, and drink,... | |
 | Delaware County (Ohio) - 1880 - 832 pages
...[Referring to lauds on the Delaware River, which the Delawares had sold some fifty years before.] " We conquered you ; we made women of you. You know you are women, and can no more sell land thlm women ; nor is it fit you should have the selling of lands, since you would abuse it." The Iroquois... | |
 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - Fountain County (Ind.) - 1881 - 970 pages
...? " referring to lands on the Delaware Kiver, which the Delawares had sold some fifty years before. "We conquered you ; we made women of you. You know...nor is it fit you should have the power of selling lands, since you would abuse it." The Iroquois orator continues his chastisement of the Delawares,... | |
 | Joel Munsell's Sons - Schuylkill County (Pa.) - 1881 - 634 pages
...lands that had been purchased, the chief, Canassatiago, in his celebrated speech at Philadelphia, said: "We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women; we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you liberty to think about it." The noted Delaware... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 - 1884 - 400 pages
...other hand, your cause is bad, and you are bent to break the chain of friendship. How came you to take upon you to sell land at all ? We conquered you ;...you are women, and can no more sell land than women. This land you claim is gone down your throats ; you have been furnished with clothes, meat, and drink,... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1885 - 506 pages
...Delawares upon occasion of a dispute about a sale of land to the English — " how came you to take upon you to sell land at all ? We conquered you, we...you are women, and can no more sell land than women. For the land you claim you have been paid with clothes, meat, drink, and goods, and now you want it... | |
 | Horace Hollister - Lackawanna County (Pa.) - 1885 - 572 pages
...Chain of friendship with our Brother Onas. But how came you to take upon you to Sell Land at all I We conquered You, we made Women of you ; you know...you are Women, and can no more sell Land than Women. You have- been furnished with Cloaths and Meat and Drink by the Goods paid you for it, and now You... | |
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But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women. 
