 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1874 - 638 sider
...demands for provisions, and wishing not to offend the French, adopted a singular mode of paying them. He issued promissory notes, drawn upon birch bark, and signed with the figure of the otter, the totem to which he belonged. It should be mentioned here, to the credit of Pontiac, that... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - 1874 - 978 sider
...access to food. Pontiac, being unable to make immediate compensation, gave promissory notes, drawn on birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter, the. totem of his family. To his credit it is said these were all afterward honorably paid. This approach to the... | |
 | 1880 - 740 sider
...post May 12th, and continued it until October 12th. To obtain food for hia warriors during this time, he issued promissory notes, drawn upon birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter. All these notes were faithfully redeemed. Being unsuccessful in reducing the garrison, the tribes generally... | |
 | 1880 - 1068 sider
...post May 12th, and continued it until October 12th. To obtain food for his warriors during this time, he issued promissory notes, drawn upon birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter. All these notes were faithfully redeemed. Being unsiiccessful in reducing the garrison, the tribes... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1880 - 402 sider
...no doubt, by one of these European assistants. He issued pro missory notes, drawn upon birch-bark, and signed with the figure of an otter, the totem to which he belonged ; and we are told by a trustworthy authority that they were all faithfully redeemed.1 In this, as in... | |
 | 1881 - 916 sider
...post May 12th, and continued it until October 12th. To obtain food for his warriors during this time, he issued promissory notes, drawn upon birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter. All these notes were faithfully redeemed. Being unsuccessful in reducing the garrison, the tribes generally... | |
 | Augustus Lynch Mason - 1884 - 1056 sider
...wily traitor, " will sleep to-night in. the lodges of his red children." Campbell expostulated, he argued the matter to Pontiac with enforced calmness....two secretaries, one to write letters, one to read MAJOR CAMPBELL ARGUING WITH PONTIAC. -47 •*:• .; .•• ;. .• ;•>>-. IT. i :ibi I1' i iiiiJAK... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1884 - 400 sider
...no doubt, by one of these European assistants. He issued pro missory notes, drawn upon birch-bark, and signed with the figure of an otter, the totem to which he belonged ; and we are told by a trustworthy authority that they were all faithfully redeemed.1 In this, as in... | |
 | 1890 - 1120 sider
...that no waste should occur. Unable to pay for them at the time, he gave promissory notes, drawn on birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter, the " totem " of his tribe, or, as we would term it, the seal or " coat of arms." To his credit be it written,... | |
 | Joseph Wallace - 1893 - 454 sider
...provisions, and in lieu of other compensation, he gave them his promissory notes, scrawled on pieces of birch bark and signed with the figure of an otter, the totem of his family. This imitation of the practices of civilized men might have been suggested to him by... | |
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... before the steady gaze of his dark-browed enemies. Not a chief deigned to open his mouth. At last Campbell rose to go. Pontiac made an imperious gesture for him to resume his seat. " My father," said the wily traitor, " will sleep to-night in the... 
