...the less obliged for your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." The educators of the Indians, often in the face of serious obstacles, have achieved magnificent results....

...short, they were totally good for nothing. "If the gentlemen of Virginia," said the Indians in reply, "will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." They believed that the glory of the young man was in his strength, in his skill in hunting and doing...

...Manners differ from ours, which we think the Perfection of Civility; they think the same of theirs. . . . Having frequent Occasions to hold public Councils,...acquired great Order and Decency in conducting them. . . . He that would speak, rises. The rest observe a profound Silence. When he has finish'd and sits...

...decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send ns a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of...instruct them In all we know, and make men of them." The policy of William Perm, of the Society of Friends, whose members have been distinguished for their...

...fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors, they were totally good for nothing. . . . We will take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. 4 The lesson should be clear. If we wish to genuinely understand and come to know other cultures, we...

...good for nothing. We are, however, .. .obliged by your kind offer... and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will. . .instruct them in all we know, and make men of then." Wisconsin 1872: •From many efforts that have...

...good for nothing. We are, however, .. .obliged by your kind offer... and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will ... instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Wisconsin 1872; "Prom many efforts that have...

...the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it. And to show our grateful sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.1 These remarks, made by Red Jacket of the Senecas in l744, ring as true today as then. The needs...

...the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.90 The downfall of the Indians' memorized oral tradition and its replacement by a European system...

...grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. Conassatego, of the Iroquois League, replying to an offer by the Virginia Legislature to the Six Nations,...