to offer you two pieces of wampum; they are of different colors; you know what they mean : you can take which you like \" And turning upon his heel, he resumed his seat. The chiefs drew themselves up, in the consciousness of having hurled defiance in... The Wilderness and the War Path - Página 37por James Hall - 1849 - 174 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1840 - 566 páginas
...' We come here,' he exclaimed, ' to offer you two pieces of wampum : they are of different colors ; you know what they mean : you can take which you like...dare to resent it. The council-pipe was laid aside, arid those fierce wild men gazed intently on Clarke. The Americans saw that the crisis had arrived... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 632 páginas
...drew themselves up, in the consciousness of having hurled defiance in the teeth of the white men. They offered an insult to the renowned leader of the Long...hard for him to submit, while they did not suppose he dare resent it. The council-pipe was laid aside. Those fierce wild men gazed intently at Clark. The... | |
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| Ben Casseday - 1852 - 310 páginas
...which you like !' and turning upon his heel, he resumed his seat. "The chiefs drew themselves up, in consciousness of having hurled defiance in the teeth...hard for him to submit, while they did not suppose he dared resent it. The council-pipe was laid aside. Those fierce wild men gazed intently at Clark. The... | |
| john c. weight, crafts j. wright - 1852 - 232 páginas
...drew themselves up, in the consciousness of having hurled defiance in the teeth of the white men. They offered an insult to the renowned leader of the Long Knives, to which they knew it would be hard to submit, while they did not suppose he dare resent it. The council-pipe was laid aside, those fierce... | |
| James Hall - 1857 - 462 páginas
...belt. "We come here," he exclaimed, "to offer you two pieces of wampum; they are of different colors; you know what they mean : you can take which you like...crisis had arrived: they could no longer doubt that the Indiana understood the advantage they possessed, and were disposed to use it; and a common sense of... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - 1857 - 1038 páginas
...defiance in the teeth of the white men. They offered an insult to the renowned leader of the Long-Knives, to which they knew it would be hard for him to submit, while they did not suppose he dare resent it. The council-pipe was laid aside. Those fierce wild men gazed intently at Clark. The... | |
| 1895 - 438 páginas
...themselves up, in consciousness of having hurled defiance in the teeth of the white men. They had offered insult to the renowned leader of the " Long Knives,"...hard for him to submit, while they did not suppose that he dared resent it. The council pipe was laid aside. Those fierce wild men gazed intently at Clark.... | |
| Scotch-Irish Society of America - 1895 - 442 páginas
...themselves up, in consciousness of having hurled defiance in the teeth of the white men. They had offered insult to the renowned leader of the " Long Knives,"...hard for him to submit, while they did not suppose that he dared resent it. The council pipe was laid aside. Those fierce wild men gazed intently at Clark.... | |
| Charles Theodore Greve - 1904 - 1130 páginas
...table, threw upon it two belts of wampum of different colors — the war and the peace belt. * * * " The chiefs drew themselves up, in the consciousness...aside, and those fierce, wild men gazed intently on Clark. The Americans saw that the crisis had arrived ; they could no longer doubt that the Indians... | |
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