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... shall not think my Labour loft . It will be neceflary for me here to Say Something in Excufe of two Things in the following Performance , which , I am afraid , will naturally be found Fault with in it . The first is , the filling up fo ...
... shall not think my Labour loft . It will be neceflary for me here to Say Something in Excufe of two Things in the following Performance , which , I am afraid , will naturally be found Fault with in it . The first is , the filling up fo ...
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... shall find , that the different Figure every Country has made in the World , has been ever principally owing to the Principles which were in- culcated into , and carefully cultivated in the People . I. They are called Shaouonons , by ...
... shall find , that the different Figure every Country has made in the World , has been ever principally owing to the Principles which were in- culcated into , and carefully cultivated in the People . I. They are called Shaouonons , by ...
Page 56
... shall " do the fame . " The other Nations from the Mohawks Country " to the Cayugas , have delivered up the Susquehana " River , and all that Country , to Corlear's Go- " vernment . We confirm what they have done by " giving this Belt ...
... shall " do the fame . " The other Nations from the Mohawks Country " to the Cayugas , have delivered up the Susquehana " River , and all that Country , to Corlear's Go- " vernment . We confirm what they have done by " giving this Belt ...
Page 62
... Shall we run away , or fhall we " fit ftill in our Houfes ? What fhall we do ? we " fpeek to him that governs and commands us . " Now Corlear , and Afjarigoa , and all People here " prefent , remember what we have answered to the ...
... Shall we run away , or fhall we " fit ftill in our Houfes ? What fhall we do ? we " fpeek to him that governs and commands us . " Now Corlear , and Afjarigoa , and all People here " prefent , remember what we have answered to the ...
Page 65
... shall take the Evil Doers , the Senekas , by the " Hand , and la Barre likewise , and their Ax and his " Sword fhall be thrown into a deep Water . We " with our Brother Corlear were prefent , but it seems " the Time will not permit of ...
... shall take the Evil Doers , the Senekas , by the " Hand , and la Barre likewise , and their Ax and his " Sword fhall be thrown into a deep Water . We " with our Brother Corlear were prefent , but it seems " the Time will not permit of ...
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Page 230 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 205 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Page 215 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 190 - ... the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...
Page 68 - We see with our own eyes that they have been a very unruly people, and are altogether in the wrong in their dealings with you. We have concluded to remove them, and oblige them to go over the river Delaware, and quit all claim to any lands on this side for the future, since they have received pay for them, and it is gone through their guts long ago. To confirm to you that we will see your request executed, we lay down this string of wampum in return for yours.
Page 190 - ... but if the said river shall not extend so far northward, then by the said river so far as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are to be determined by a meridian line, to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said...
Page 213 - That all witnesses coming or called to testify their knowledge in or to any matter or thing in any court, or before any lawful authority within the said province, shall there give or deliver in their evidence or testimony, by solemnly promising to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the matter or thing in question...
Page 54 - We know our Lands are now become more valuable. The white People think we do not know their Value; but we are sensible that the Land is everlasting, and the few Goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.
Page 10 - The first Time I was among the Mohawks, I had this Compliment from one of their old Sachems, which he did, by giving me his own Name, Cayenderongue. He had been a notable Warrior; and he told me, that now I had a Right to assume...
Page 67 - Hear, Yonnondio: our women had taken their clubs, our children and old men had carried their bows and arrows into the heart of your camp, if our warriors had not disarmed them, and kept them back, when your messenger Ohgnesse came to our castles.