 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1852 - 364 pages
...twenty Indians, coming down with extraordinary speed, to make war on the Miamis, Islinois, and Maroa. These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...as we made no resistance, being only three against so great a number, one of them wrenched our calumet from our hands, while our canoe and theirs were... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1852 - 368 pages
...twenty Indians, coming down with extraordinary speed, to make war on the Miamis, Islinois, and Maroa. These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...men from killing us. These brutal men leaping from and theirs were tied to the shore. We first presented them a piece of French tobacco, better for smoking... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1853 - 366 pages
...twenty Indians, coming down with extraordinary speed, to make war on the Miamis, Islinois, and Maroa. These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...old men seeing us with the calumet of peace in our Lands, prevented the young men from killing us. These brutal men leaping from their canoes, some on... | |
 | Dakota Indians - 1901 - 772 pages
...and he tells us of their capture in the following language: Our prayers were heard when, on the 11th of April, 1680, at two o'clock in the afternoon, we...as we made no resistance, being only three against so great a number, one of them wrenched our calumet from our hands, while our canoe and theirs were... | |
 | Louis Hennepin - Canada - 1880 - 444 pages
...The narrative of the captivity and deliverance as given in Margry, will be found in the appendix B. April, 1680,* at two o'clock in the afternoon, we...as we made no resistance, being only three against so great a number, one of them wrenched our calumet from our hands, while our canoe and theirs were... | |
 | Louis Hennepin - Indians of North America - 1880 - 442 pages
...twenty Indians, coming down with extraordinary speed, to make war on the Miamis, Islinois, and Maroha.f These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...as we made no resistance, being only three against so great a number, one of them wrenched our calumet from our hands, while our canoe and theirs were... | |
 | George E. Warner, Charles M. Foote - Minnesota - 1881 - 672 pages
...Indians coming down with very great speed, on a war party, against the Miamis, Illinois and Maroas. These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...hands, prevented the young men from killing us. These savages leaping from their canoes, some on laud, others into the water, with frightful cries and yells... | |
 | Charles S. Bryant - Educational law and legislation - 1881 - 740 pages
...Indians coming down with very great speed, on a war party, against the Miamis, Illinois and Maroas. These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance,...hands, prevented the young men from killing us. These savages leaping from their canoes, some on land, others into the water, with frightful cries and yells... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - History - 1882 - 1010 pages
...perceived thirty - three bark canoes, manned by a hundred and twenty Indians. * * * These brutal men were leaping from their canoes, some on land, others into...yells approached us, and as we made no resistance, * * * one of them wrenched a calumet from our hands. * * * These savages would not smoke our peace... | |
 | Dakota Indians - 1901 - 762 pages
...we suddenly perceived thirty-three bark canoes, manned by a hundred and twenty Indians, coming dawn with extraordinary speed, to make war on the Miamis,...as we made no resistance, being only three against so great a number, one of them wrenched our calumet from our hands, while our canoe and theirs were... | |
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These Indians surrounded us, and while at a distance, discharged some arrows at us, but as they approached our canoe, the old men seeing us with the calumet of peace in our hands, prevented the young men from killing us. These brutal men, leaping from... 
