...Americans. This is explained in the following letter from an elder of one of the tribes: . . . But you, who are wise, must know that different Nations...some Experience of it. Several of our young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your...

...We are convinced . . . that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations...some experience of it: several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your...

...therefore, that you mean to do us Good by your Proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you who are so wise must know that different Nations have different Conceptions of things; and you will not therefore take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happens not to be the same with...

...therefore take it amiss if our ideas of the white man's kind of education happens not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were brought up in your colleges. They were instructed in all your sciences; but, when they came back...

...by Benjamin Franklin, rejected an offer to send their sons to the College of William and Mary: but you, who are wise must know that different nations...some experience of it; Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your...

...overture initiated by Thomas Jefferson to provide free higher education for selected Iroquois youth: (Y]ou, who are wise, must know that different Nations...take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of Education happens not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it; Several of our young people...

...by Benjamin Franklin, who told how Indian leaders reacted to an offer to educate Indian youth: But you who are wise, must know that different Nations...things; and you will therefore not take it amiss. 25 Part of the challenge of dealing with pre-industrial cultures in a culturally pluralistic milieu...

...forward-looking European colonists. Benjamin Franklin recorded their reply: . . . our ideas of [industrial age} education happen not to be the same with yours. We...some experience of it: several of our young people were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your...

...convinc'd, therefore, that you mean to do us Good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different Nations...some Experience of it. Several of our young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces [Yale and Harvard]; they were instructed...

...convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations...some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your...