| Frank Moore - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 712 pages
...been delivered a short time prior to the battle of the Thames, on the fifth of October, 1813.* FATHEK, listen to your children ! you have them now all before...father gave the hatchet to his red children, when old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war our father was thrown on his back by the Americans,... | |
| Benjamin Church, Thomas Church - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 - 1859 - 462 pages
...this, [meaning the revolution] our British father gave the hatchet to his red children, when ourold chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war our father [the king] was thrown on his back by the Americans, and he afterward took them by the hand without... | |
| E.F. Beadle (and co.) - 1861 - 506 pages
...interested ai, and displeased with, the speech. " Father, listen to your children ! you now have them all before you. *' The war before this, our British father gave the hatchet TECUMSEITS SPEECH. 80 to his red children, when our old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that... | |
| Wallace A. Brice - Fort Wayne (Ind.) - 1868 - 402 pages
...the interpreter, or to read the speech himself, when written down. Said the Shawanoe chieftain ; " FATHER, listen to your children ! You have them now...when our old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In the war, our father was thrown on his back by the Americans, and our father took them by the hand without... | |
| Wallace A. Brice - Fort Wayne - 1868 - 392 pages
...the interpreter, or to read the speech himself, when written down. . Said the Shawanoe chieftain i " FATHER, listen to your children ! You have them now...his red children, when our old chiefs were alive. Th£y are now dead. In the war, our father was thrown on his back by the Americans, and our father... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...thus addressed him : "In the war before this, with the Americans, you gave the hatchet to the Indians when our old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war the British were thrown flat upon their backs by the Americans. You took them by the hand and made... | |
| Francis Samuel Drake - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1885 - 506 pages
...addressed Proctor with great vehemence of manner, in these words : " Father, listen to your children ! " The war before this our British father gave the hatchet...old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that APPEARANCE OF THE THAMES BATTLE-GROUND IN 1860. war our father was thrown on his back by the Americans,... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 pages
...BEFORE THE BATTLE. [Found among Proctor's papers, and printed in ihe National Intelligencer. 1813.] FATHER, listen to your children! you have them now...father gave the hatchet to his red children, when old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war our father was thrown on his back by the Americans,... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 514 pages
...Indian warriors, just before leaving Maiden : — " FATHER, — Listen to your children ; you have them all before you. The war before this our British father gave the hatchet to his red children,, when our chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war, our father was thrown on his back by the Americans,... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 514 pages
...Indian warriors, just before leaving Malden : — " FATHER, — Listen to your children ; you have them all before you. The war before this our British father gave the hatchet to his red children, when our chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war, our father was thrown on his back by the Americans,... | |
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