 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1929 - 1388 Seiten
...counselors; they were totally good for nothing. We 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,... | |
 | Priscilla Sears - 1982 - 160 Seiten
...they were totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia would send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, instruct them in all we... | |
 | Nancy L. Gifford - 1983 - 180 Seiten
...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 N. McCaskill - 1986 - 276 Seiten
...counsellors; but they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it. And to show our grateful...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 - 404 Seiten
...they were totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...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 - 372 Seiten
...Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged for your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our 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... | |
 | Kent Nerburn, Louise Mengelkoch - 1991 - 136 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Jon Allan Reyhner - 1994 - 348 Seiten
...counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, though we decline accepting it: And to show our grateful...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Franklin 1784, 21-22) Because of the expense of Indian wars and the desire to preserve a profitable... | |
 | 1992 - 244 Seiten
...counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...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... 
