 | William Lyon Phelps - 1923 - 187 trang
...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1929 - 23069 trang
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind ofïer, though we 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 their education, instruct them In all we know,... | |
 | Nancy L. Gifford - 1983 - 159 trang
...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... | |
 | Jean Barman, Yvonne M. Hébert, Don McCaskill - 1986 - 265 trang
...We are however not 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...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... | |
 | Carolyn Merchant - 1989 - 379 trang
...We are, however, not 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...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... | |
 | Sharon O'Brien - 1993 - 368 trang
...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,... | |
 | Kent Nerburn, Louise Mengelkoch - 1991 - 109 trang
...offer, though we decline accepting it. To show our gratefulness, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care with their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them. Canassatego Treaty of Lancaster... | |
 | DeLinda Wunder, Evelyn Hu-DeHart - 1992 - 460 trang
...are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline in accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. M The United States, of course , did not avail itself of the opportunity to have even a few of its... | |
 | 1992 - 234 trang
...We are however not 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...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. Does this provide a little perspective for people today? I hope so. The most common complaint against... | |
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We are, however, not 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 dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them... 
