 | United States National Museum - Science - 1889 - 884 pages
...of the Indians, he says: "When they solicit the alliance, offensive or defensive, of a whole nation, they send an embassy with a large belt of wampum and...come and drink the blood of their enemies. The wampum made use of on these and other occasions, before their acquaintance with the Europeans, was nothing... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1889 - 870 pages
...lie says: " When they solicit the alliance, offensive or defensive, of a whole nation, they send au embassy with a large belt of wampum and a bloody hatchet,...come and drink the blood of their enemies. The wampum made use of on these and other occasions, before their acquaintance with the Europeans, was nothing... | |
 | English essays - 1766 - 758 pages
...And when they follicit the alliance, oHenlive or delenfive, of a whole nation, they fend an embafly with a large belt of wampum, and a bloody hatchet,...come and drink the blood of their enemies. The wampum made ufe of upon thefe and other occafions, -before their acquaintance with the Europeans, was nothing... | |
 | 1765 - 422 pages
...they follicit the alliance, offehfive or defenfive, of a whole nation, they f«n<l an embaffy wrth a large belt of wampum, and a bloody hatchet, inviting...come and drink the blood of their enemies. The wampum made ufe of, upon thefe and other occafions, before their acqeaintance with the Europeans, was nothing... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 848 pages
...their international usages. In soliciting the alliance, offensive or defensive, of a whole nation, they send an embassy with a large belt of wampum, and a bloody tomahawk, inviting them to come and feast on the blood of their enemies. On similir occasions they... | |
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When they solicit the alliance, offensive or defensive, of a whole nation, they send an embassy with a large belt of wampum and a bloody hatchet, inviting them to come and drink the blood of their enemies. The wampum made use of on these and other occasions... 
