Letters on the Chickasaw and Osage MissionsT. R. Marvin, 1833 - 169 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 36
... brought very low by bilious fevers , and were not able to transact any business at the time of the meeting ; therefore the whole concern was entrusted to Major Lewis , who conducted it in a judicious manner , and re- ceived for them the ...
... brought very low by bilious fevers , and were not able to transact any business at the time of the meeting ; therefore the whole concern was entrusted to Major Lewis , who conducted it in a judicious manner , and re- ceived for them the ...
Σελίδα 41
... brought very low with ague and fever , and a bilious , fever , which , in the case of Miss Lines and Miss Hoyt , assumed the form of typhus , and proved fatal . Both of these amiable and in- teresting young ladies died within a week ...
... brought very low with ague and fever , and a bilious , fever , which , in the case of Miss Lines and Miss Hoyt , assumed the form of typhus , and proved fatal . Both of these amiable and in- teresting young ladies died within a week ...
Σελίδα 71
... brought him to the grave . Thus , before the close of November , less than four months after the family landed , six of their number lay silent in the " narrow house . " The first cabin was not in a habitable state , until the latter ...
... brought him to the grave . Thus , before the close of November , less than four months after the family landed , six of their number lay silent in the " narrow house . " The first cabin was not in a habitable state , until the latter ...
Σελίδα 72
... brought two of his grand - children , both lads , one about thir- teen , the other seven years of age . The eldest was heir apparent to the government of the Osage nation . White Hair was the reigning chief , at that time . About thirty ...
... brought two of his grand - children , both lads , one about thir- teen , the other seven years of age . The eldest was heir apparent to the government of the Osage nation . White Hair was the reigning chief , at that time . About thirty ...
Σελίδα 81
... brought his son , whom the missionaries named Philip Milledoler . In little more than a week his mother visit- ed him . She was expecting to accompany her husband upon a long hunt in a few days . She gave him good counsel , exhort ...
... brought his son , whom the missionaries named Philip Milledoler . In little more than a week his mother visit- ed him . She was expecting to accompany her husband upon a long hunt in a few days . She gave him good counsel , exhort ...
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Σελίδα 2 - DEAN, of the said District, has deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, viz. "Letters and Conversations on the Cherokee Mission. By the author of Conversations on the Bombay Mission. Revised by the Publishing Committee.
Σελίδα 144 - I never felt myself more at home among the Osages than at present: I never had more of their confidence; and, indeed, never had higher hopes of eventual suci.
Σελίδα 134 - stand and pray, first to the east, then to the west, then to the north, and then to the south, as though God was in one direction or the other.
Σελίδα 148 - At an old town on the Missouri ; we shall have bodies as here ; it will be good hunting ground ; there will be plenty of game ; we shall go to war as we do now. Different nations will go to different places.
Σελίδα 146 - Nerf, a man about 60 years old, who had been acquainted with white men about 40 years; and who had visited St. Louis and the city of New York, and in both those places had been told something respecting the God of Christians. Before that time what did you hear about God? "I have formerly been taught to consider the sun, the moon, the earth, and the sky to be the principal gods.
Σελίδα 147 - If we want to go to war, we put mud on our faces and fast seven days, and then in a dream the several gods bring us tidings of certain success.
Σελίδα 165 - Let us not forget to assemble every Sabbath to receive instruction from the word of God.
Σελίδα 80 - ... company with the father of the children who are with us. On their arrival, the father told the Osages how well his children were fed and clothed, and how fast they learned to speak the American language. Clamore, the principal chief, was exceedingly pleased with the account, and said — " I wish that the war was over, that I might send my children there also.
Σελίδα 57 - Sans-Nerf replied as follows : — " My Friend, — You see I am not white like you ; I am red — but my heart is in the same place with your heart ; my blood is the same color as your blood ; my limbs are like your limbs ; I am an American.
Σελίδα 167 - ... September, has recently been forwarded to us. As it is the first of the kind from this station, and contains a brief view of the mission, we shall give it almost entire. IN compliance with the directions contained in the Circular from the Department of War, dated Sept. 3, 1819, the undersigned, missionaries under the patronage and direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, have the honor to make the following statement. The establishment, which they have had the pleasure...