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"Native American" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... we find that even the unfavorable Arctic location of Bering Sea has been unable to rob it entirely of historical significance. This is the one spot where a native American race has transplanted itself by its natural expansion to Asiatic shores. The circular rim and island-dotted surface have guided Eskimo emigrants to the coast of the Chukchian Peninsula, where they have ...
— Influences of Geographic Environment - On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography • Ellen Churchill Semple
... eminent personages of the time. A man of culture and refinement, he accumulated many valuable paintings and rare books, and his gardens, greenhouse and grounds were his particular pride and joy. To a large collection of native American plants and shrubs he added many exotic trees and plants. To him is credited the introduction of the Ginkgo tree and the Lombardy ...
— The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia • Frank Cousins
... percentage of the hard, manual work done in America is performed by those men. The economic condition of the average native born American is superior to the economic condition of the average emigrant; but the native American, notwithstanding his economic superiority, cuts a worse figure in the statistics of crime. This is a state of things the Americans themselves are just beginning to perceive, and it cannot fail ...
— Crime and Its Causes • William Douglas Morrison
... blot on the escutcheon of Mr. Craggie which he was very anxious not to have uncovered by any chance in these latter days,—his ancient affiliation with the deceased native American party. ...
— The Stillwater Tragedy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
Words linked to "Native American" : Amerindian, American Indian, somebody, Indian, Amerindic, South American Indian, war party, Carib Indian, Arawakan, individual, person of color, Arawak, Carib, mortal, person of colour, soul, Red Indian, person, someone |
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