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" Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly : we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality... "
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies - Page 77
by Bryan Edwards - 1805
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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the West Indies: With a ..., Volume 1

Bryan Edwards - West Indies - 1819 - 644 pages
...come into these " countries with a force, against which, were " we inclined to resist it, resistance would be " folly. We are all therefore at your mercy;...subject to mortality like " ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after " this life there is another, wherein a very dif" ferent portion is allotted...
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The British review and London critical journal

1820 - 538 pages
...Whether you are divinities or mortal men,' -said an old man of Cuba to Columbus, ' we know not — but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to...
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A Discourse on the Religion of the Indian Tribes of North America: Delivered ...

Samuel Farmar Jarvis - Delaware language - 1820 - 124 pages
...'' Whether you are divinities or mortal men," said an old man of Cuba to Columbus, " we know not — but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North ..., Volume 1

James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 350 pages
...V\ hether you are divinities or mortal men," said an old man of Cuba !g Columbus, " we know not — but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves,...therefore, you expect to die, and believe, with us, that everyone is to be rewarded in a fulurestate, according to his conduct in the present, you will do no...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians

James Buchanan - Indians of North America - 1824 - 480 pages
...°lent relati on re * I • : % RELIGION. 241 men," said an old ma^bf Cuba t^Columbus, " we know not — but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves,...wherein a very different portion is allotted to good andjpad men. If, thegefore, you expect to die, and believe, with us, that every OTO is to be., rewarded...
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A View of the American Indians: Their General Character, Customs, Language ...

Israel Worsley - Indians - 1828 - 216 pages
..."You are come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist, resistance would be folly. We are all therefore at your mercy....subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to...
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The Religions and Religious Ceremonies of All Nations: Accurately ...

Joseph Nightingale - Religions - 1835 - 878 pages
...' Whether you are divinities or mortal men," said an old man of Cuba to Columbus, ' we know not — but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to...
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Colonization and Christianity: A Popular History of the Treatment of the ...

William Howitt - Atrocities - 1838 - 552 pages
...into these countries with a force, against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be a folly. We are all therefore at your mercy : but if...subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good...
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American Antiquities and Researches Into the Origin and History of the Red Race

Alexander Warfield Bradford - America - 1841 - 446 pages
...the chiefs of Cuba to Columbus. " Whether you are divinities or mortal men," said he, " we know not. But if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised, that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to...
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The Literary Emporium, Volumes 3-4

American literature - 1846 - 460 pages
...that island. " We know not," said the venerable old man, "whether you are divinities or mortal men; but if you are men, subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good...
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