The Valley of Wyoming: The Romance of Its History and Its Poetry. Also, Specimens of Indian EloquenceRobert H. Johnston & Company, 1866 - 153 頁 |
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第 13 頁
... never to have been walled . The creek on which it stands is bounded by a high steep bank on that side , and at ordinary times is sufficiently deep to admit canoes to ascend from the river to the fortification . When the first settlers ...
... never to have been walled . The creek on which it stands is bounded by a high steep bank on that side , and at ordinary times is sufficiently deep to admit canoes to ascend from the river to the fortification . When the first settlers ...
第 23 頁
... part , even the value of a pipe - shank ? You have told us a blind story , that you sent a messenger to us to inform us of the sale ; but he never came among us , nor have we ever heard any thing about it . But we find WYOMING . 23.
... part , even the value of a pipe - shank ? You have told us a blind story , that you sent a messenger to us to inform us of the sale ; but he never came among us , nor have we ever heard any thing about it . But we find WYOMING . 23.
第 49 頁
... hair fell over her face , and the mother could never for- get how the tears streamed down her cheeks when she brushed it away , as if to catch a last sad look of the mother from whom , her little arms outstretched , she 4 WYOMING . 49.
... hair fell over her face , and the mother could never for- get how the tears streamed down her cheeks when she brushed it away , as if to catch a last sad look of the mother from whom , her little arms outstretched , she 4 WYOMING . 49.
第 51 頁
... never relinquish their exertions to dis- cover Frances . A change now comes over the spirit of the story . It happened that in the course of the year 1835 , Colonel Ewing , a gentleman connected with the Indian trade , and also with the ...
... never relinquish their exertions to dis- cover Frances . A change now comes over the spirit of the story . It happened that in the course of the year 1835 , Colonel Ewing , a gentleman connected with the Indian trade , and also with the ...
第 53 頁
... never revealed my name , or told the mystery that hung over the fate of Frances Slocum . " Such was the substance of the revelation to Colonel Ewing . Still the family at Wyoming were ignorant of the discovery , nor did Colonel Ewing ...
... never revealed my name , or told the mystery that hung over the fate of Frances Slocum . " Such was the substance of the revelation to Colonel Ewing . Still the family at Wyoming were ignorant of the discovery , nor did Colonel Ewing ...
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Albert amidst arms bank battle beautiful beaver beneath blood bosom brave brothers Brothers-We calumet canoes chief child Christian Colonel Ewing colony Connecticut council Count Zinzendorf Creek dear death Delawares desolation dreadful e'en Edinburgh Review eloquence eyes father feel fire Five Nations flowers forests Forty Fort Frances Slocum French friends GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Gertrude's governor Grangula hand hath head heard heart heaven History of Wyoming Indian kindred land light little Frances lived Logan look mother mountains mournful Nanticoke o'er Oneida peace Pennsylvania pirogue plain Plymouth Company poem poet possession ravelin remains river romance round savage scene Senecas sent settlement Shawanese side sire sister Six Nations song soul speech Spirit stoicism story Susquehanna sweet tears thee thou town tree of peace trees tribe valley Waldegrave Waldegrave's warriors wild wilderness Wilkes-Barre women woods Yonnondio Zinzendorf
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第 24 頁 - For all these reasons we charge you to remove instantly, we don't give you the liberty to think about it. You are women.
第 151 頁 - Brother, continue to listen. You say that you are sent! to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach we shall be unhappy hereafter.
第 77 頁 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look : A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear — A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
第 110 頁 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there in desolation cold The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each mouldering bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old : Then seek we not their camp — for there The silence dwells of my despair.
第 151 頁 - Brother, we do not understand these things; we are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us, their children.
第 148 頁 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was* ray love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
第 151 頁 - Spirit agreeably to his mind, and if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter; you say that you are right, and we are lost; how do we know this to be true? We understand that your religion is written in a book...
第 150 頁 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back, and more came amongst 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 our minds became uneasy. Wars took place. Indians were hired to fight against Indians, and many of our people were destroyed.
第 146 頁 - ... with its branches. I assure you, in the name of the Five Nations, that our warriors shall dance to the calumet of peace under its leaves, and shall remain quiet on their mats, and...
第 148 頁 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully...