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... Indian tribe , otherwise disposed to see in the harmony of nature the effects of one controlling personal will . The Great Spirit , said these Sioux theologians , made all things except the wild rice ; but the wild rice came by chance ...
... Indian tribe , otherwise disposed to see in the harmony of nature the effects of one controlling personal will . The Great Spirit , said these Sioux theologians , made all things except the wild rice ; but the wild rice came by chance ...
Page 30
... India , to say nothing of many a civilized European district.1 Such tribes may count as the ' blameless Ethiopians ... Indians , we admit their claims to our 30 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
... India , to say nothing of many a civilized European district.1 Such tribes may count as the ' blameless Ethiopians ... Indians , we admit their claims to our 30 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
Page 46
... Indian race of equestrian herdsmen , are described as sitting about on ox - skulls , making broth in horns with hot cinders heaped round , living on meat with- out vegetables , and altogether leading a foul , brutal , comfortless ...
... Indian race of equestrian herdsmen , are described as sitting about on ox - skulls , making broth in horns with hot cinders heaped round , living on meat with- out vegetables , and altogether leading a foul , brutal , comfortless ...
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... Indians is matter of history . Persecuted by their enemies the Sioux , and dislodged at last even from their fortified village , the heart of the tribe was broken . Their numbers were thinned , they no longer dared to establish ...
... Indians is matter of history . Persecuted by their enemies the Sioux , and dislodged at last even from their fortified village , the heart of the tribe was broken . Their numbers were thinned , they no longer dared to establish ...
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... Indians look back to old days as to a golden age when life was better than now , when they had better laws and leaders , and manners less rude.2 And indeed , knowing what we do of their history , we may admit that they have cause to ...
... Indians look back to old days as to a golden age when life was better than now , when they had better laws and leaders , and manners less rude.2 And indeed , knowing what we do of their history , we may admit that they have cause to ...
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