 | 1816
...short time before h<s death he thus expressed himself to an American friend, by an interpreter :— " I am an aged hemlock — the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the lop ; the generation to which I belonged have run away and left me— why I live... | |
 | 1816 - 802 pages
...friend, who called on him a short time since, lir thus expressed himself by an interpreter : — " I am an aged hemlock — the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged, have run •way and left un- ; why I live,... | |
 | 1816 - 886 pages
...short time before his death he thus expressed himself to an American friend, by an interpreter: — " 1 am an aged hemlock — the winds of an hundred winters have, whistled through my branches; I am dead at the top ; the generation to which I belonged have run away and left me — why 1 live,... | |
 | 1817 - 486 pages
...a friend, who called on him i short time since, he thus expressed himself by an interpreter : — " I am an aged hemlock — the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged, have run away, and left me ; why I UT«,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 pages
...Tit. 2. 14 Rom. 5. 3. Phil. 1. 29 No. 226.] JULY, 1837. [VOL. 19. THK AGED PESUOT. A TRUE NARRATIVE. " I am an aged hemlock. The winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches. I am dead at the top," said a venerable Mohawk chieftain. The ancient Pequot Indian woman, whose brief... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 378 pages
...the solitude in which age unfortunately leaves us, he most beautifully and pathetically said :— '( I am an aged hemlock; the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through vty branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation, to which I belong has run away and left me. Why... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 550 pages
...To a friend, who called on him a abort time since, he thus expressed himself by an interpreter : " I am an aged hemlock. The winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged, have run away, and left me ; why I live,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 pages
...friend, who called on him a short time since, lie thus expressed himself by an interpreter: — •' I am an aged hemlock — the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged, have run away, and left me ; why I live,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 540 pages
...the knowledge of Mr. Deane, except the annual sacrifice of a dog to Tauhimself by an interpreter : " I am an aged hemlock : the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation, to which I belonged, have run away and left me ; why I live... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...the solitude in which age unfortunately leaves us, he most beautifully and pathetically said :— " / am an aged hemlock; the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belong has run away and left me. Why I live, the... | |
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I am an aged hemlock. The winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches ; I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged have run away and left me : why I live the Great Good Spirit only knows. Pray to my Jesus that I may have... 
