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... house , and it is His book , and I shall not take it away . " The book remained . The country became ours , and the next day the Gospel was stolen . Our Indian wars are needless and wicked . The North Amer- ican Indian is the noblest ...
... house , and it is His book , and I shall not take it away . " The book remained . The country became ours , and the next day the Gospel was stolen . Our Indian wars are needless and wicked . The North Amer- ican Indian is the noblest ...
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... houses , and clothing , and food , should awaken their desires and evoke their efforts to perpetuate and increase these comforts . But the Indian would not work , and preferred his wigwam , and skins , and raw flesh , and filth to the ...
... houses , and clothing , and food , should awaken their desires and evoke their efforts to perpetuate and increase these comforts . But the Indian would not work , and preferred his wigwam , and skins , and raw flesh , and filth to the ...
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... be within the power of one man , and the compass of one generation , to atone for the wickedness , and to make clean the name of my dishonored house ! " What an opportunity for the Congress of 1880 to cover 80 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... be within the power of one man , and the compass of one generation , to atone for the wickedness , and to make clean the name of my dishonored house ! " What an opportunity for the Congress of 1880 to cover 80 A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... houses ; and to educate your children so as ever to dwell upon the land . " Consult , therefore , upon the great object of peace ; call in your parties , and enjoin a cessation of all further depredations ; and as many of the principal ...
... houses ; and to educate your children so as ever to dwell upon the land . " Consult , therefore , upon the great object of peace ; call in your parties , and enjoin a cessation of all further depredations ; and as many of the principal ...
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... houses , well furnished . They have their outhouses , stables , well - fenced lots , and some have good barns . " There are seventy scholars in one school alone that are taught by the Friends ; and the teacher reports : " It is truly ...
... houses , well furnished . They have their outhouses , stables , well - fenced lots , and some have good barns . " There are seventy scholars in one school alone that are taught by the Friends ; and the teacher reports : " It is truly ...
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