 | 1838 - 514 pages
...our hands ! When those rebels had driven us from the fields of our fathers to seek out new houses, it was you who could dare to step forth as their pilot,...shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother ! — Who will strike ?' " A pause of but a moment ensued. The bright hatchet... | |
 | John Niles Hubbard - Frontier and pioneer life - 1842 - 322 pages
...our hands ! When those rebels had driven ui from the fields of our fathers to seek out new houses, it was you who could dare to step forth as their pilot,...shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother ! Who wiU strike?" There was a moment's pause, and then the bright hatchet... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - Germans - 1845 - 686 pages
...by our hands. When those rebels had driven us from the fields of our fathers to seek out new houses, it was you who could dare to step forth as their pilot,...shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother. Who will strik<3" In an instant the tomahawk of Little Beard was twirled... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - Gulf States - 1851 - 478 pages
...our hands. "When those rebels had driven us from the fields of our fathers to seek out new houses, it was you who could dare to step forth as their pilot,...shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother. Who will strike ?" " Brother 1 You have merited death, and shall have... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...Indians from their fields, and for butchering their children. " No crime can be greater,'7 be said. " But though you have merited death, and shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother ! Who will strike?" Instantly a hatchet gleamed in the hand of Little Beard,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1851 - 606 pages
...Indians from their fields, and for butchering their children. " No crime can be greater," he said. '' But though you have merited death, and shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother ! Who will strike?" Instantly a hatchet gleamed in the hand of Little Beard,... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1851 - 820 pages
...children were to meet death or be driven to new and unknown hunting grounds. "But though you merit death, and shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with a brother's blood. Who will strike ?" A bright hatchet gleamed for an instant in the air, in a... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1851 - 1228 pages
...children were to meet death or be driven to new and unknown hunting grounds. "But though you merit death, and shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with a brother's blood. Who will strike ?" A bright hatchet gleamed for an instant in the air, in a... | |
 | Hermon Camp Goodwin - Cortland County (N.Y.) - 1859 - 466 pages
...fathers ! "Brother ! You have merited death, and shall die by our hands ! When those rebels had driven us from the fields of our fathers to seek out new...shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother ! Who will strike ?" There was a pause of one moment — a moment of awful... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...Indians from their fields, and for butchering their children. " No crime can be greater," he said. " But though you have merited death, and shall die on this spot, my hands shall not be stained with the blood of a brother 1 Who will ttrike?" Instantly a hatchet gleamed in the hand of Little Beard,... | |
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When those rebels had drove us from the fields of our fathers to seek out new homes, it was you who could dare to step forth as their pilot, and conduct them even to the doors of our wigwams, to butcher our children and put us to death! No crime can be... 
