 | 1812 - 498 pages
...chief, having received at Port Maiden his annual donation of goods was thus iddrcssed by Ellicott, the British agent : " My son, ' keep your eyes fixed on me — my tumu/triwk it up ; ' be you ready — but do not strike until I give you 'the signal." So long ago... | |
 | Samuel R. Brown - United States - 1815 - 326 pages
...Miami Chief who has just returned from his aunuitl visit to Maiden,after having received the accustomed donation of goods, was thus addressed by the British agent: " My son keep yo.ur eyes fixed on me : my tomabawk is now up; be you ready, but do not strike until I give the signal." From General William... | |
 | United States - 1817 - 526 pages
...Miami chief who has just returned from his annual visit to Malden, after having received the accustomed donation of goods, was thus addressed by the British...your eyes fixed on me, my tomahawk is now up, be you readv, but do not strike until I give the signal." St. Louis, July 20, 1810. A FEW weeks ago the post-rider,... | |
 | United States - 1819 - 524 pages
...annual visit to Malden, after having received I he accustomed donation of goods, was thus acldressed by the British agent : " My son, keep your eyes fixed...ready, but do not strike until I give the signal." From General William Clark. St. Louis, July 20, 1810. " ONE hundred and fifty Sacs are on a visit to... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1811 - 650 pages
...Chief, who has just returned from his annual visit to Maiden, after having received the accustomed donation of goods, was thus addressed by the British...ready, but do not strike until I give the signal." From General William Clark. ST. Lours, July 20, 1810. One hundred and fifty Sacs are nn a visit to... | |
 | Benjamin Drake - Shawnee Indians - 1841 - 252 pages
...receiving his usual stipend of goods, was addressed by the British agent, Elliot, in these words : « My son, keep your eyes fixed on me — my tomahawk is now up — be you ready, but do not strike till I give the signal." About the same time, the governor, in the hope of staying the movements of... | |
 | James Henry Lanman - Michigan - 1841 - 278 pages
...expected shortly to be engaged. * Thatcher. " My son," said one of their agents to an Indian chief, " keep your eyes fixed on me. My tomahawk is now up ; be you ready, but do not strike till I give the signal."* The statement of the fact should not be omitted, that about this time the... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1857 - 1038 pages
...the accustomed donation of goods, wa? thus addressed by the British agent: "My son, keep your eye; fixed on me ; my tomahawk is now up ; be you ready, but do cot strike until I give the signal." VINCENNES, July 25th, 1810. There can be no doubt of the designs... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1858 - 1026 pages
...chief, who has just returned from his annual visit to Maiden, after having received the accustomed donation of goods, was thus addressed by the British...ready, but do not strike until I give the signal." VINCENNES, July 25th, 1810. There can be no doubt of the designs of the Prophet and th« British agent... | |
 | Charles Lanman - History - 1871 - 576 pages
...which they expected shortly to be engaged. " My son," said one of their agents to an Indian chief, " keep your eyes fixed on me. My tomahawk is now up ; be you ready, but do not strike till I give the signal." The statement of the fact should not be omitted that about this time the American... | |
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My son, keep your eyes fixed on me; my tomahawk is now up; be you ready, but do not strike until I give the signal. 
