 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Nicholas Biddle - 1814 - 518 lehte
...independent of the act of •'vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle, and were...the honours, since they have borne off the trophy. Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the Shosho nees are still a very military people. Their... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1815 - 466 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and were...the honours, since they have borne off the trophy. Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the Shoshonees are still a very military people. Their... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and were...would have all the honours, since they have borne off ihe trophy. Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the Shoshonees are still a very military people.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 lehte
...vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance unless the scalp is brought from the Held of battle ; and were a warrior to slay any number...obtain the scalps or first touch the dead, they would ha» e all the honours, since they ha» e borne off i he trophy. Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees,... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 lehte
...cjuite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from, the field of battle, and were...the honours, since they have borne off the trophy. The Shoshonee warrior always fights on horseback : he possesses a. few bad guns, which are reserved... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - 1832 - 516 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle, and were...the honours, since they have borne off the trophy. (See Plate.) In their persons, the Sheshonees are diminutive, with thick flat feet and ankles, crooked... | |
 | William Adams - 1836 - 508 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle, and were...the honours, since they have borne off the trophy. (See Plate.) In their persons, the Sheshonees are diminutive, with thick flat feet and ankles, crooked... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1842 - 390 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill an adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and were...dead, they would have all the honours, since they had borne off the trophies. " Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the Shoshonees are still... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1843 - 400 lehte
...quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill an adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and were...dead, they would have all the honours, since they had borne off the trophies. "Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the Shoshonees are still a... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1847 - 398 lehte
...an adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and were n warrior to slay any number of his enemies in action,...dead, they would have all the honours, since they had borne off the trophies. "Although thus oppressed by the Minnetarees, the bhoshouees are still a... | |
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These acts seem of nearly equal dignity, but the last, that of taking an enemy's scalp, is an honour quite independent of the act of vanquishing him. To kill your adversary is of no importance, unless the scalp is brought from the field of battle ; and... 
