A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day (1881) (14745393036)

Identifier: popularhistoryof00ridpaj (find matches)
Title: A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cincinnati, Philadelphia (etc.) Jones brothers & company San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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3r -e x I cnBoW6INAL AmER/o4/ DISTRIBUTION AXD TERRITORIAL LIMITS TH£ INDIAN NAT\0^5, IN THE NEW WORLD. 400 500 rest 95 from Greenwich ABORIGINAL AMERICA. 45 warfare. Fighting was limited to the surprise, the ambuscade, themassacre; and military strategy consisted of cunning and treachery.Quarter was rarely asked, and never granted; those who were sparedfrom the fight were only reserved for a barbarous captivity, ransom,or the stake. In the torture of his victims all the diabolical ferocityof the savage warriors nature burst forth without restraint. In times of peace the Indian character shone to a better advan-tage. But the Red man was, at his best estate, an unsocial, solitary,and gloomy spirit.He was a man ofthe woods. Hecommuned only /With himself andthe genius of sol-itude. He satapart. The forestwas better thanhis wigwam, andhis wigwam bet-ter than the vil-lage. The Indianwoman was a de-graded creature, adrudge, a beastof burden; andthe social prin-ciple was cor-respondingly lo