A Study of the Local Literature of the Upper Ohio Valley : With Especial Reference to the Early Pioneer And Indian Tales, 1820-1840
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THE INDIAN IN LITERATURE 35 of possession to the country. Providence placed them here, long before the white man knew anything of this quarter of the earth." And Captain Pacificus does not believe in the general butchery : "To tell the honest truth, I think but little of the bravery of any man who can ever harbor a thought of committing murder in cold blood.
At all events, the man who can kill a woman or child, must be a coward." (d) Observation of Indian Life and Types of Character There is, h...owever, in these stories, a real appreciation of cer- tain types of Indian character and much excellent observation of Indian life. Timothy Flint gives a pileture of an Indian supper.^^ "It would be difficult to imagine a happier assemblage of human be- ings, than those young and hungry red men, now exulting around their bright fires, feasting high upon salmon, a ration of corn cakes, distributed on this joyous occasibn, roasted prairie potatoes, and a reasonable allowance of spirits. When they paused for the merry tale, or shouts of laughter, in the intervals, the pleasant sound was heard of their horses, advancing step by step upon the grass, and greedily biting it off to the roots." And what could be more realistically drawn than the follow- ing picture ?22 "There is a peculiar excitement operating upon the red men in cases of burning, which renders the beholders as inac- cessible to feeling, and as inexorable to pity, as the sufferer seems to be incapable of pain.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
THE INDIAN IN LITERATURE 35 of possession to the country. Providence placed them here, long before the white man knew anything of this quarter of the earth." And Captain Pacificus does not believe in the general butchery : "To tell the honest truth, I think but little of the bravery of any man who can ever harbor a thought of committing murder in cold blood.
At all events, the man who can kill a woman or child, must be a coward." (d) Observation of Indian Life and Types of Character There is, h...owever, in these stories, a real appreciation of cer- tain types of Indian character and much excellent observation of Indian life. Timothy Flint gives a pileture of an Indian supper.^^ "It would be difficult to imagine a happier assemblage of human be- ings, than those young and hungry red men, now exulting around their bright fires, feasting high upon salmon, a ration of corn cakes, distributed on this joyous occasibn, roasted prairie potatoes, and a reasonable allowance of spirits. When they paused for the merry tale, or shouts of laughter, in the intervals, the pleasant sound was heard of their horses, advancing step by step upon the grass, and greedily biting it off to the roots." And what could be more realistically drawn than the follow- ing picture ?22 "There is a peculiar excitement operating upon the red men in cases of burning, which renders the beholders as inac- cessible to feeling, and as inexorable to pity, as the sufferer seems to be incapable of pain.
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