 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1850 - 670 pages
...contend with the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other; but your people have destroyed my nation....You are a brave man: I rely upon your generosity. Vou will exact no terms of a conquered people but such as they should accede to: whatever they may... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - United States - 1851 - 610 pages
...contend with the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other. But your people have destroyed my nation....conquered people but such as they should accede to. If they are opposed, you shall find me amongst the sternest enforcers of obedience. Those who would... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1851 - 842 pages
...the river, and fousbi them on the other. But your people have destroyed my nation. You are a bràrr man. I rely upon your generosity. You will exact no terms of a conqvfrfd veople, but such as they should accede to. Whatever they таи be, it would no«r bf madness... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1851 - 780 pages
...contend mth the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other. But your people have destroyed my nation. You are a brart man. I rely upon your generosity. Yon will exact no terms of a conquered veople, but such as... | |
 | Charles De Wolf Brownell - Indians of North America - 1853 - 732 pages
...are at Talladega, Tallusshatchee, Emuckfaw, and To410 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. hopeka. * * * * You are a brave man ; I rely upon your generosity....conquered people but such as they should accede to." This was the last important incident of the campaign. The Indians submitted to the dictation of the... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - America - 1854 - 782 pages
...contend with the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other. But your people have destroyed my nation. You are a brave num. I rely upon your generosity. You will exact no terms of a conquered oeople, but such as tney should... | |
 | John Frost - Presidents - 1855 - 470 pages
...contend with the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other ; but your people have destroyed my nation....should accede to ; whatever they may be, it would now he madness and folly to oppose. If they are opposed, you shall find me amongst the strongest enforcers... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1855 - 908 pages
...with the Georgia army alone, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river and fonght them on the other; but your people have destroyed my nation. You are a brave man; I rely on your generosity. You will exact no terms of a conqnered people, but such as they should accede to:... | |
 | Charles De Wolf Brownell - Indians - 1856 - 742 pages
...longer hear my voice. Their bones are at Talladega, Tallusshatchee, Emuckfaw, and Tohopeka. * * * * You are a brave man ; I rely upon your generosity....conquered people but such as they should accede to." This was the last important incident of the campaign. The Indians submitted to the dictation of the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1856 - 462 pages
...You are a brave man; I rely on your generosity. You will exact no terms of a conquered people, bat such as they should accede to: whatever they may be, it would be madness and folly to oppose. If they are opposed, you will find me among the sternest enforcers... | |
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I look back with deepest sorrow, and wish to avert still greater calamities;. If I had been left to contend with the Georgia army, I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other ; but your people have destroyed my nation.... 
