 | Joy Hakim - History - 2003 - 224 pages
...zoanted more land; they imntcd our country. Our eyes were opetted and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were hired to fight against Indians, and many of our people uvre destroi/ed. Tim/ also brought strong liquor amongst us. It was strong and powerful and has slain... | |
 | Maureen Konkle - Social Science - 2004 - 388 pages
...the discourse of Indian doom, but it is one that frequently appears in eighteenth-century treaties: "Brother: Our seats were once large and yours were small. You have soon become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets. You have got... | |
 | Neil Philip - Human ecology - 2005 - 104 pages
...uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were 50 . #< David Noble Mohawk steelworker, New York City Mohawk 1970 hired to fight against Indians, and many of our people...Brother! Our seats were once large, and yours were very small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets.... | |
 | Ernest Thompson Seton - Nature - 2005 - 184 pages
...wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened; and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place; Indians were hired to fight against Indians,...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. "Brother, our seats were once... | |
 | Ronald Wright - America - 2005 - 468 pages
...wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were hired to fight against Indians,...many of our people were destroyed. They also brought liquor amongst us. It was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. Brother: Our seats were once... | |
 | Alfred A. Cave - Religion - 2006 - 345 pages
...increased; they wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened; our mind became uneasy. War took place; Indians were hired to fight against Indians;...people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquor amongst us; it was strong and powerful and it has slain thousands." 13 In a more jocular vein, Red... | |
 | Indian mythology - 2006 - 133 pages
...wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened; and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place; Indians were hired to fight against Indians,...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. "Brother, our seats were once... | |
 | Philip Tome - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 198 pages
...wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and our minds became uneasy. Wars took place; Indians were hired to fight against Indians;...our people were destroyed. They also brought strong liquors among us; it was strong and powerful, and has slain thousands. Brother, our seats were once... | |
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... us. Yet we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land. They wanted our country. Our eyes were opened, and... 
