 | 1741 - 776 pages
...ipeech'Ot Login, a Mingo chief, to Ixird DunMore* wlwn governor of thi» lt.it c. And, as a tefUmony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, fVrft dating the incidents ncccfTary for underftanding it. In the fpring of the year 1774 a robbery... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 530 pages
...the fpeech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord KKinmore, when governor of Virginia, And, as a teflimony of their talents in this line, I beg leave to introduce it, firít itating- the incidents neceffary for underftanding it. In the Spring of the year 1774, a robbery... | |
 | History - 1789 - 592 pages
...particular account of the Government of the Druzes, a People of Syria^-fnm the fame tcork 1^3 Remarkable Speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, to Lord Dunmore, "when Governor of Virginia— from Mr. Jefferjon's Obfervations on Buffo/rs Remarks on the Indians of Not tb ¿imerica... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...eminent orator, if Europe has furnifhed more eminent, to produce a fingle paflage, fuperior to the fpeech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this ftate. And, as a teftimony of their talents in this line, 1 beg leave to introduce it, firft ftating... | |
 | William Winterbotham - History - 1795 - 626 pages
...orator, if Europe has furniQied more eminent, to pro. duce'a fingle paflage fuperior to the fpecch of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore when governor of this ftate. The {lory is as follows; of which, and of the fpeech, the authenticity is unqueftionable. In... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...because jt is displayed chiefly in their own councils. Some, however, we have of very superior lustre. I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state. And, as a • XVIII. 14$ f Linn. Syft. Definition of a Man. testimony of their talents hi this line, I beg leave... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton - Indians of North America - 1812 - 90 pages
...of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, " I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes,...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief, the second son of Shikellemus, a celebrated... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1814 - 558 pages
...out of the pale of the Six Nations. I fully subscribe to the eulogium of Mr. Jefferson, when he says, "I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes...a single passage superior to the speech of Logan." But let it be remembered that Logan was a Mingo chief, the second son of Shikellemus, a celebrated... | |
 | W. C. Harvey - 1818 - 350 pages
...described in the following extract from Winterbotliam's History of America, vol. ip 133, 134. " We may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and...Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when Governor of the state of Virginia. The story is as follows ; of which, and of the speech, the authenticity is unquestionable.... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1819 - 324 pages
...example?, because it is chieffy displayed in their own councils. One, however, we have of superior lustre: the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of Virginia, at the close of a war in which the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delaufcres were united. The Indians... | |
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I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan... 
