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Page v
... Indian was perpetually engaged in sangui- nary feuds with the scarcely less savage Back - woods- man , the latter of whom , nevertheless , boasts his connexion with the civilized world . The sym- pathy of European nations is enlisted on ...
... Indian was perpetually engaged in sangui- nary feuds with the scarcely less savage Back - woods- man , the latter of whom , nevertheless , boasts his connexion with the civilized world . The sym- pathy of European nations is enlisted on ...
Page xi
... Indian border , it was both fitting and necessary that some representative of the race should appear . The outlines may be ruder than was proper or just ; but they will be the better foil to the gene- rous qualities of spirit , common ...
... Indian border , it was both fitting and necessary that some representative of the race should appear . The outlines may be ruder than was proper or just ; but they will be the better foil to the gene- rous qualities of spirit , common ...
Page 35
... Indian - like , one might almost have said . Such an epithet might have been borne out by the wildness of her looks , the darkness of her eyes , the simple arrangement of her coal - black hair , which , instead of being confined by comb ...
... Indian - like , one might almost have said . Such an epithet might have been borne out by the wildness of her looks , the darkness of her eyes , the simple arrangement of her coal - black hair , which , instead of being confined by comb ...
Page 69
... Indian , which bore all the marks of having been a late victim to the wandering demon of the woods , we shall say nothing : but the appearance and conduct of the narrator , one of the first , and perhaps the parent , of the race of men ...
... Indian , which bore all the marks of having been a late victim to the wandering demon of the woods , we shall say nothing : but the appearance and conduct of the narrator , one of the first , and perhaps the parent , of the race of men ...
Page 76
... Indian ; he whined like a panther ; he howled like a wolf , until one would have thought he was a living menagerie , comprising within his single body the spirit of every animal noted for its love of conflict . Not content with such a ...
... Indian ; he whined like a panther ; he howled like a wolf , until one would have thought he was a living menagerie , comprising within his single body the spirit of every animal noted for its love of conflict . Not content with such a ...
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