This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...days of the prophets, when they were commanded to break every yoke and let the oppressed go free So also slavery exists in a modified form among the Indians west of the mountains, not generally, but only in the nations in the lower country. They are bought; taken prisoners in war; taken in payments of debts if ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...days of the prophets, when they were commanded to break every yoke and let the oppressed go free So also slavery exists in a modified form among the Indians west of the mountains, not generally, but only in the nations in the lower country. They are bought; taken prisoners in war; taken in payments of debts if they are orphans of the debtor; by selling themselves in pledges. They are put to the same service which women perform among those Indians who have no slaves. They are generally treated with kindness; live in the same dwelling with their masters, and often intermarry with those who are free. They are exempt from one cruel practice which their masters inflict upon their own children, the flattening of their heads. The reason, which those who own slaves assign for flattening their heads, is, that they may be distinguished from their slaves who have round heads. Polygamy is practised among the Indians, and with near, ly the same regulations with which it was practised among the Jews. Though they do not write bills of divorcement and put away their wives, yet they send them away on slight occasions. But this brings no disgrace upon the woman's character, and generally she is soon married to another, and often as advantageously. Another resemblance between the Jews and the Indians 184 RESEMBLANCE OF JEWISH CUSTOMS. is the division of their nations into tribes. The tribes of the children of Israel were the descendants of distinguished families and their government was patriarchal. The tribes among the Indians are constituted much in the same way. Some important personage gains an influence, numbers became attached to him; and though they do not separate from their nation, nor at once become a distinct tribe, yet they are denominated a band, and...
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Limited edition reprint of the 1838 edition. Map of the Oregon Territory is laid in. Near fine in a near fine (a bit faded along the spine), price clipped dust jacket.; 380 pages.
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Acceptable. Auburn: J.C. Derby & Co., 1846. 5th edition. 12mo hardcover. Brown stamped cloth. 422pp. Illustrations. Fair book. Reading copy. Backstrip and front endpage missing. Lacking fold-out map at front. Rear endpages partially torn out. Spine cracked, two signatures loose in binding. Writing inside. Dampstained. (Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Travel) Inquire if you need further information.
