Scalp dance , Cherokee 496 Scalping , British encouragement of 47 Scalping by East Cherokee 170 Scalping by whites 50 , 51 – 53 , 208 – 209 Scalping , encouragement of, by South Carolina 52 Scandinavians , myths of 431 Schermerhorn , Rev. J. F., Major Davis on methods of 126 – 127 Schermerhorn , Rev. J. F., negotiation of Removal treaty by 121 , 125 Schoolbooks in Cherokee language 112 , 151 Schoolcraft, H. R. , on Cherokee chief among Seneca 353 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee-Iroquois wars 356 – 357 , 485 , 489 , 491 – 492 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee migrations 21 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee myths 429 – 444 [ 570 ] Schoolcraft, H. R. , on Cherokee relations with Catawba 381 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Delaware name for Cherokee 378 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois 485 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois myths 469 , 501 , 504 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois peace mission 365 , 485 Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Kĭtu′whagĭ 181 Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Mississippi 190 Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Tallulah 417 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Ojibwa myths 437 , 470 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Seneca town 351 , 485 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Shawano wars 372 , 494 Schoolcraft, H. R. on Wyandot traditions concerning Cherokee 19 Schools among Cherokee 84 , 104 , 139 , 152 , 155 Schools among East Cherokee 174 – 176 , 180 School books in Cherokee language 112 , 151 Scissor-tail in Cherokee myth 285 Scotch blood among Cherokee 83 Scott , Col. H. S., work of xxvi–xxvii Scott, S. S. , report on East Cherokee affairs by 170 – 171 Scott, William , killing of party under 76 – 77 , 100 – 101 Scott, William , legend told by 482 Scott , Gen. Winfield , appointment of, to effect Removal 129 Scott, Gen. Winfield, compromise with Cherokee refugees by 157 Scott, Gen. Winfield, part taken by, in Removal 130 – 132 Scott, Gen. Winfield, proclamation to Cherokee by 129 – 130 Scratching , Cherokee ceremony 230 , 476 Screech-owl , Cherokee name for 281 , 284 Screech-owl , myths concerning 241 Sculpture , development of lxxiv–lxxv Selu , myths concerning 242 – 249 , 323 – 324 , 431 – 433 , 471 Seminole , attitude of, in Civil war 148 Seminole , myths and lore of 454 , 457 Seminole , origin of 99 Senac , Father, burning of 477 Seneca , agreement between Erie and 352 Seneca , Cherokee legends of conflicts with 232 Seneca , clans of 483 Seneca , legends of Cherokee wars with 356 – 357 , 359 – 370 , 489 – 494 Seneca , peace embassies of 109 , 352 , 353 – 356 , 365 , 367 – 370 , 485 – 488 , 491 – 494 Seneca , peace towns among 208 Seneca , tract set apart for 142 Seneca town , encounter at 50 Seneca town , Schoolcraft’s statement concerning 351 – 485 Seoqgwageono , myth concerning 369 – 370 Sequoya , death of 147 – 148 Sequoya , grant of money to 139 Sequoya , life and work of 108 – 110 Sequoya on Iroquois peace embassy 353 – 355 , 485 Sequoya , opposition to syllabary of 351 Sequoya , part taken by, in reorganization 135 , 147 Sequoya , pension to 148 Sequoya , removal of, to the west 138 Sequoya , resolution signed by (1839) 135 Sequoya , search for lost Cherokee by 501 Sequoya , syllabary of 219 – 220 Sequoya , treaty signed by (1828) 14 Sequoya , tree named after 148 Sequoya , visit to western Cherokee by 137 – 138 Seri , publication of paper on xxix Seri , study of implements of xxi–xxii Service berries , myths concerning 259 Set-ängya , death song of 491 – 492 Set-ängya , war medicine of 501 Sĕʻtsĭ mound , myth concerning 335 Seven in Cherokee myth 431 , 433 Sevier , Gov. John , defeat of Ferguson by 57 Sevier , Gov. John , defeat of Indian raiders by (1781) 59 Sevier , Gov. John , expeditions against Cherokee under (1780–81, 1788, 1793) 57 – 58 , 65 , 66 , 75 , 82 Sevier , Gov. John , expedition against Chickamauga towns under (1782)
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

But we can in no way conclude according to analogy, because in the case of beings of the world Understanding must 401 be ascribed to the cause of an effect which is judged artificial, that in respect of nature the same causality which we perceive in men attaches also to the Being which is quite distinct from nature.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

This, however, seems rarely or never to have been the case; the movements having been at first either of some direct use, or the indirect effect of the excited state of the sensorium.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

We may, therefore, amplify the above given definition, and say that magic is a traditionally handed on power of man over his own creations, over things once brought forth by man, or over responses of nature to his activities.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

If substantiation be required, I refer to the Charleston “Mercury,” the only reliable organ, next to the New York “Daily News,” published in the country.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

For reason recognizes the establishment of a good will as its highest practical destination, and in attaining this purpose is capable only of a satisfaction of its own proper kind, namely that from the attainment of an end, which end again is determined by reason only, notwithstanding that this may involve many a disappointment to the ends of inclination.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

As it is to give the best vitality and freedom to the rights of the States, (every bit as important as the right of nationality, the union,) that we insist on the identity of the Union at all hazards.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

But it was slow work, and the little people soon tired and wanted to get away from my interrogations, so I determined, rather of necessity, to let them give their lessons in little doses when they felt inclined.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The Conduct Of The Roman Government Towards The Christians, From The Reign Of Nero To That Of Constantine.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

“He’s rad on now to Casser Corver—maybe to git a pick o’ somethin’ to eat.
— from The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas by Mayne Reid

"Repented or no, that is not the question.
— from The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann

Gen. Greene wrote from North Carolina on the 28th of February, 1781, to Gen. Washington as follows:— "The enemy have ordered two regiments of negroes to be immediately embodied, and are drafting a great proportion of the young men of that State [South Carolina], to serve during the war."
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

I mean when a man, for some reason or other, whether in religion or not, takes a great disgust to his present course of life, and suddenly abandons it for another.
— from Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) by John Henry Newman

There is nothing over which a philanthropist and a social reformer ought not to rejoice.
— from The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson

The Religion of Nazareth took its metaphors from the land of Aristotle, its enthusiasm from the nations on the “seacoast,” its energy from the Northmen, but its divinity from God !
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, July 1849 by Various

If we moderns must resign ourselves never to reproduce Greek art because the philosophic genius of our age, and modern civilization in general are not favorable to poetry, these influences are at all events less hurtful to tragic art, which is based rather on the moral element.
— from Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller

“I remember one night that our famous captain said he had found us a good, safe camping place.
— from Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny