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" Father: You have said that we are in your hand, and that, by closing it, you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children, and have determined to die so, may... "
The Iroquois; Or, The Bright Side of Indian Character - Page 230
by Anna Cummings Johnson - 1855 - 317 pages
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... Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Anthropology

Otis T. Mason - Mounds - 1883 - 176 pages
...them, and say, in case he is: "In this case one chief has said he would ask yon to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the...father or his brother, has said he will retire to the Chataughqua, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace." This speech was answered...
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Official History of the Improved Order of Red Men

George W. Lindsay, Charles C. Conley, Charles H. Litchman - Fraternal organizations - 1893 - 664 pages
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us ? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...chief has said he would ask you to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or his brother, has said he...
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Aboriginal Place Names of New York

William Martin Beauchamp - History - 1907 - 350 pages
...definition. The account goes on that Cornplanter alluded to this in speaking against Phelps and Gorham : Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother, says he will return to Jadaqueh, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace....
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Bulletin of the New York State Museum

Natural history - 1907 - 734 pages
...definition. The account goes on that Cornplanter alluded to this in speaking against Phelps and Gorham : Another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother, says he will return to Jadaqueh, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace....
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle

Chautauquas - 1909 - 986 pages
...Cornplanter in his speech against the title of the Phelps and Gorham tract, alluding to the tradition, said, "In this case one chief has said he would ask you...will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother, has said he will retire to Chaudaukawa, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers...
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The Chautauquan: A Weekly Newsmagazine. [Official Publication ..., Volumes 55-56

Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1909 - 1044 pages
...the Phelps and Goiham tract, alluding to the tradition, said, "In this case one chief has said lie would ask you to put him out of pain, another, who...will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother, has said he will retire to Chaudaukawa, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers...
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American and British Claims Arbitration, Volume 1, Parts 1-2

Great Britain - 1913 - 578 pages
...closing it, you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined to crush us? If you are, tell us so, that those of our nation who have become your children,...will not think of dying by the hand of his father or of his brother, has said he will retire to the Chateaugay, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his...
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific ..., Volume 55

1909 - 526 pages
...Cornplanter in his speech against the title of the Phelps and Gorham tract, alluding to the tradition, said, "In this case one chief has said he would ask you...will not think of dying by the hand of his father or brother, has said he will retire to Chaudaukawa, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers...
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The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Volumes 11-12

Pennsylvania - 1928 - 590 pages
...closing it you could crush us to nothing. Are you determined still to crush us? If you are, tell us, so that those of our nation who have become your children...chief has said he would ask you to put him out of his pain, and another, who will not think of dying by the hand of his father or of his brother, has...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1883 - 868 pages
...them, and say, in case he is: "In, this case one chief has said he would ask yon to put him out of his pain. Another, who will not think of dying by the...father or his brother, has said he will retire to the Chatanghqua, eat of the fatal root, and sleep with his fathers in peace." This speech was answered...
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