Notices of East Florida : With An Account of the Seminole Nation of Indians
The book Notices of East Florida : With An Account of the Seminole Nation of Indians was written by author Simmons, William H. (William Hayne), 1784-1870 Here you can read free online of Notices of East Florida : With An Account of the Seminole Nation of Indians book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Notices of East Florida : With An Account of the Seminole Nation of Indians a good or bad book?
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Dexter did of the Seminoles he had employed. The same trait of pride related above, was observed in these Creeks, who had determined never to return to their country, because, as they said, they would be looked upon with contempt by the nation, whenever it should become known to the latter, that ihey had submitted to the degradation of servile labour. I have related these anecdotes, to show, that the haughtiness of their spirit, and not an inertness of dis- position, has been the real barrier t...o success, in all the attempts hitherto made to civilize them, as we are pleased to term it.* I think that this phrase is used *The depopulation which took place among the Indians, after the Spanish conquest, may be accounted for from the com- plete enslavement to which they were sul>jected, which broke Ibeir spirit, and rendered labour, therefore, doubly oppressive to them. Their confinement too, to work in mhies, must ,ave irftea peculiarly dciit«rious> to a people accustomed to spena the 8 86 ACCOUNT OF THE somewhat erroneously, because there is no situation m which they could be placed, were they to adopt our customs, wherein their manners, their dignity, and good qualities, would not be rather impaired than im- proved.
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