Memoir of the Rev. Elias CorneliusPerkins, Marvin & Company, 1834 - 360 páginas |
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... for the benefit of the Indian tribes . He was directed to express to the late sec- retary of war , the Hon . William H. Crawford , the high estimation in which the Board regarded his services in connection 6 ELIAS CORNELIUS . 61.
... for the benefit of the Indian tribes . He was directed to express to the late sec- retary of war , the Hon . William H. Crawford , the high estimation in which the Board regarded his services in connection 6 ELIAS CORNELIUS . 61.
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... Indian mission , and to assure him that it was the settled purpose of the Board to form in the Choctaw , Chickasaw , and Creek nations , establishments similar to the one which had been formed at Brainerd in the Cherokee nation ; and ...
... Indian mission , and to assure him that it was the settled purpose of the Board to form in the Choctaw , Chickasaw , and Creek nations , establishments similar to the one which had been formed at Brainerd in the Cherokee nation ; and ...
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... Indians , and of promoting civilization and Christianity among those Indians who live beyond the limits of the United States , it would afford me great satisfaction . There are no means within my control , which I would not gladly put ...
... Indians , and of promoting civilization and Christianity among those Indians who live beyond the limits of the United States , it would afford me great satisfaction . There are no means within my control , which I would not gladly put ...
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... Indians must , by an irreversible destiny , sink into annihilation . This last idea has operated secretly but most perniciously . What use in endeavoring to civilize an Indian tribe ? They are vanishing like the leaves of the forest ...
... Indians must , by an irreversible destiny , sink into annihilation . This last idea has operated secretly but most perniciously . What use in endeavoring to civilize an Indian tribe ? They are vanishing like the leaves of the forest ...
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... Indians were not made to be destroyed . They have in their natures , all the germs of social and intellectual improvement . They have as clear an idea of a supreme Deity , as the en- lightened Egyptians , or the philosophic Greeks and ...
... Indians were not made to be destroyed . They have in their natures , all the germs of social and intellectual improvement . They have as clear an idea of a supreme Deity , as the en- lightened Egyptians , or the philosophic Greeks and ...
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