 In the course of the dance they sang their songs, and made the forests ring with their wild screams and shouts, as they boasted of their deeds of war and told the number of scalps they had respectively taken, or which had been taken by their nation. During...  Early Times on the Susquehanna - Seite 105von Mrs. George A. Perkins - 1870 - 287 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Leete Stone - 1841 - 566 Seiten
...respectively taken, or which had been taken by their nation. During the dance those engaged in it, as did others also, partook freely of unmixed rum,...espoused that of the crown. The boasting of the Oneida warrior, therefore, was like striking a spark -into a keg of gunpowder. The ire of the Senecas was... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 766 Seiten
...excitement of the occasion, and the artificial excitement of the liquor, the festival had wellnigh turned out a tragedy. It happened that among the dancers...espoused that of the crown. The boasting of the Oneida warrior, therefore, was like striking a spark into a keg of gunpowder. The ire of the Scnccas was kindled... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 754 Seiten
...excitement of the occasion, and the artificial excitement of the liquor, the festival had wellnigh turned out a tragedy. It happened that among the dancers...of scalps taken by his nation during the war of the revolut inn . Now the Oncidas, it will be recollected, had sustained the cause of the colonies in that... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1866 - 538 Seiten
...respectively taken, or which had been taken by their nation. During the dance those engaged in it, as did others also, partook freely of unmixed rum,...espoused that of the crown. The boasting of the Oneida warrior, therefore, was like striking a spark into a keg of gunpowder. The ire of the Senecas was kindled... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1866 - 536 Seiten
...respectively taken, or which had been taken by their nation. During the dance those engaged in it, as did others also, partook freely of unmixed rum,...had espoused that of the crown. The boasting of the Oueida warrior, therefore, was like striking a spark into a keg of gunpowder. The ire of the Senecas... | |
 | Edwin MacMinn - 1900 - 602 Seiten
...respectively taken or which had been taken by their nation. During the dance those engaged in it — as did others also — partook freely of unmixed rum;...taken by his nation during the war of the Revolution. The Oneidas had espoused the cause of the Colonies in that contest, while the rest of the Iroquois... | |
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