 | 1907 - 1000 pages
...IroquoÎH chief, that the latter, addressing the Delawares, made the memorable statement: " How came yon to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you; we made women of yon; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women. We charge you to remove instantly;... | |
 | Louise Welles Murray - Athens (Pa.) - 1908 - 710 pages
...and shaken soundly till you recover your senses. You don't know what you are doing, — How came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you, you can no more sell land than women — We charge you to remove instantly — We assign you two places... | |
 | Lehigh County Historical Society - Lehigh County (Pa.) - 1908 - 384 pages
...you stand on, nor what you are doing. This land that you claim, is gone through your guts long ago. You know you are women, and can no more sell land than women. We charge you to move instantly. We don't give you the liberty to think about it, for you are women!"... | |
 | Henry Frank Eshleman - Conestoga Indians - 1909 - 428 pages
...since by some of yourselves and Chiefs now living to the number of 15 or upwards. But how came you to take upon you to sell Land at all? We conquered...selling lands since you would abuse it. This land th-Jt vou claim i? gone through y.iur guts Vou hi\vf been furnished with Cloath Heat anci drink by... | |
 | Grace Greylock Niles - History - 1912 - 638 pages
...Christians. In 1742, at the Philadelphia Council, the Mohawk orator, Canassaticgo, exclaimed at last: "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 sachems of Wappanachki... | |
 | Charles Morris - Pennsylvania - 1913 - 362 pages
...harshly ordered the Delawares to remove. "How came you to sell land at all?" said the Iroquois sachem. "We conquered you. We made women of you. You know...you are women and can no more sell land than women. You ought to be taken by the hair of your head and shaken until you recover your senses. You are women,... | |
 | Henry Jones Ford - Scots-Irish - 1915 - 630 pages
...delegates, Canassatego, a Mengwe chief, addressing the Delawares in the presence of Governor Thomas said: "We conquered you; we made women of you; you know...since you would abuse it. This land that you claim is gone through your guts; you have been furnished with clothes, meat and drink, by the goods paid... | |
 | Henry Jones Ford - Scots-Irish - 1915 - 628 pages
...delegates, Canassatego, a Mengwe chief, addressing the Delawares in the presence of Governor Thomas said: "We conquered you; we made women of you; you know...since you would abuse it. This land that you claim is gone through your guts; you have been furnished with clothes, meat and drink, by the goods paid... | |
 | Henry Farr De Puy - Indians of North America - 2001 - 146 pages
...had investigated this claim Canassatego made his famous speech to the Delawares. "But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you; we made women of you; you know that you are women and can no more sell land than women; nor is it fit that you should have the power... | |
 | John Thomson Faris - Pennsylvania - 1919 - 454 pages
...whom they had been so subservient that they swallowed the insulting message from the northern Indians, "We conquered you, we made women of you; you know...are women, and can no more sell land than women." In the early days of the nineteenth century, Eastern's chief importance was as a canal center. Artificial... | |
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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. 
