The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 36
... English alcohol had proved more fatal to them than the English sword , astonished the white men.3 Their sight was so excellent , that , standing on the seashore , they often told of the coming of a ship at sea , sooner by one hour , yea ...
... English alcohol had proved more fatal to them than the English sword , astonished the white men.3 Their sight was so excellent , that , standing on the seashore , they often told of the coming of a ship at sea , sooner by one hour , yea ...
Page 37
... , Tahattawan , and Nimrod did sell a tract of six miles square to the English , receiving for the same , some fath- oms of Wampumpeag , hatchets , hoes , knives , cotton cloth and shirts . Wibbacowet , the hus- band AT CONCORD ! 37.
... , Tahattawan , and Nimrod did sell a tract of six miles square to the English , receiving for the same , some fath- oms of Wampumpeag , hatchets , hoes , knives , cotton cloth and shirts . Wibbacowet , the hus- band AT CONCORD ! 37.
Page 51
... English government , and intimated their desire , " as opportunity served , and the English lived among them , to learn to read God's word , and know God aright ; " and the General Court acted on their request . ' John Eliot , in ...
... English government , and intimated their desire , " as opportunity served , and the English lived among them , to learn to read God's word , and know God aright ; " and the General Court acted on their request . ' John Eliot , in ...
Page 52
... English were taking for their good ; for , said he , all the time you have lived after the Indian fashion , under the power of the higher sachems , what did they care for you ? They took away your skins , your kettles and your wampum ...
... English were taking for their good ; for , said he , all the time you have lived after the Indian fashion , under the power of the higher sachems , what did they care for you ? They took away your skins , your kettles and your wampum ...
Page 53
... English , they would not so much care to pray , nor could they be so ready to hear the word of God , but would be , all one , Indians still ; but dwelling near the English , he hoped it might be otherwise with them then . We , who see ...
... English , they would not so much care to pray , nor could they be so ready to hear the word of God , but would be , all one , Indians still ; but dwelling near the English , he hoped it might be otherwise with them then . We , who see ...
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