Tracts Relative to the AboriginesEdward Marsh, 1843 - 218 pages |
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... resided , represent- ing themselves as shipwrecked marines . Mr. Williams suspected them , and told them he should inform the Governor , Sir T. Bris- bane , of their arrival , on which they went away to an island 20 miles off , and were ...
... resided , represent- ing themselves as shipwrecked marines . Mr. Williams suspected them , and told them he should inform the Governor , Sir T. Bris- bane , of their arrival , on which they went away to an island 20 miles off , and were ...
Page 48
... residing alone ; a mixture was recommended of Dutch and English . The Hottentots begged and prayed to be left alone for a few years , and Captain Stockenstrom entered into their feeling , and said to them , ' Then show to the world that ...
... residing alone ; a mixture was recommended of Dutch and English . The Hottentots begged and prayed to be left alone for a few years , and Captain Stockenstrom entered into their feeling , and said to them , ' Then show to the world that ...
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... residing near the Lake St. Clair , who was not long since ensnared into a visit to this country , where himself and his companions were subjected to much suffering : three of the party died , but the chief and his two surviving ...
... residing near the Lake St. Clair , who was not long since ensnared into a visit to this country , where himself and his companions were subjected to much suffering : three of the party died , but the chief and his two surviving ...
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... residing west of the Mississippi , and connected by treaty with the United States ; their number is estimated at 156,307 . Thirty - nine tribes are mentioned with whom the States have made no treaties : the number of these Indians is ...
... residing west of the Mississippi , and connected by treaty with the United States ; their number is estimated at 156,307 . Thirty - nine tribes are mentioned with whom the States have made no treaties : the number of these Indians is ...
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... residing here , has bought and faithfully divided amongst us , provision for us and our children , which has been a great help to us ; for which we are very thankful , believing the Great Spirit has sent our brothers to help us . Now we ...
... residing here , has bought and faithfully divided amongst us , provision for us and our children , which has been a great help to us ; for which we are very thankful , believing the Great Spirit has sent our brothers to help us . Now we ...
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acres American amongst appears ardent spirits attention Augustus d'Este boors brethren British Bushmen Caffreland Caffres cattle character Cherokee Cherokee nation chiefs Christian circumstances civilization colonists colony Committee condition council cultivate desire EDWARD MARSH emigration endeavoured European evil Extract favour fear feel Francis Bond Head Friends frontier Government Governor Griquas habits hope Hottentots improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse interesting islands justice Kat River kraal labour Lake Huron land laws letter Lord Lord Glenelg Lord John Russell Macomo Meeting for Sufferings Memorialists ment missionaries month moral nation natives neighbours obtained party peace population possession present promote protection race received religious removal reservation residing RESPECTING THE ABORIGINES savage says settlement settlers ships Sir F. B. Head Society soil South South Wales Stockenstrom subsistence taken territory tion tract treaty tribes uncivilized United Upper Canada whilst Yearly Meeting Zealand Zealand Company
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Page 8 - Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way...
Page 19 - ... go down to the sea in ships and do their business on the great waters...
Page 1 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Page 7 - So that a man shall say. Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Page 1 - t appointed to consider what Measures ought to be adopted with regard to the NATIVE INHABITANTS of Countries where BRITISH SETTLEMENTS are made, and to the neighbouring Tribes, in order to secure to them the due observance of Justice and the protection of their Rights ; to promote the spread of Civilization among them, and to lead them to the peaceful and voluntary reception of the Christian Religion...
Page 3 - It might be presumed that the native inhabitants of any land have an incontrovertible right to their own soil : a plain and sacred right, however, which seems not to have been understood.
Page 24 - I would submit, therefore, that it is necessary, from the moment the Aborigines of this country are declared British subjects, they should, as far as possible, be taught that the British laws are to supersede their own...
Page 16 - Scriptures, they may learn, that in the beginning he made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth ; and, that we all descended of one father and mother.
Page 58 - He who has made Great Britain what she is, will inquire at our hands how we have employed the influence He has lent to us in our dealings with the untutored and defenceless savage...
Page 2 - It is not too much to say, that the intercourse of Europeans in general, without any exception in favour of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, unless when attended by missionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilized nations.