As soon as we arrived yesterday at the guest-chamber of Critias, with whom we are staying, or rather on our way thither, we talked the matter over, and he told us an ancient tradition, which I wish, Critias, that you would repeat to Socrates, so that he may help us to judge whether it will satisfy his requirements or not.
— from Timaeus by Plato

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, dismissing these fanciful theories, and considering woman as a whole, let it be what it will, instead of a part of man, the inquiry is, whether she has reason or not.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

That morning it was difficult to say whether the sun had risen or not.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

If the residence of the accused is not known, or if, upon due summons, he refuses or neglects to attend, the lodge may, nevertheless, proceed to trial without his presence.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Before the news Of your poor spouse Had reached our New Haven , My dear wife died, Who was my bride, In anno eighty-seven.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 283, November 17, 1827 by Various

The comparative study of languages shows how races, or nations, now separated by wide regions, are related to each other, and have proceeded from a common seat; it discloses the directions and paths of ancient migrations; in tracing out epochs of development, it recognises in the more or less altered characters of the language, in the permanency of certain forms, or the already advanced departure from them, which portion of the race has preserved a language nearest to that of their former common dwelling-place.”
— from The Etymology of Local Names With a short introduction to the relationship of languages. Teutonic names. by Richard Morris

Forest Planting in the Sand Hill Region of Nebraska .
— from Wood and Forest by William Noyes

One thing she hastily resolved on: not to remain another week in London at her grandmother's expense.
— from That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope

There is father—and, besides, it will scarcely help Robin." "Oh! no melodrama," she said, laughing and moving towards the door.
— from The Wooden Horse by Hugh Walpole

"Uncle Anthony cannot give evidence; he dare not show himself," replied Otho; "neither will Nancy.
— from Mistress Nancy Molesworth: A Tale of Adventure by Joseph Hocking

When he had eaten up all his pig, the poor man fell into a melancholy; he refused the most tempting steak, though cooked on the horse's back, and turned every half-hour after his own favourite recipe; he fell, in fact, from his appetite, and was reduced to a shadow, till, unable longer to endure the torments of memory he hourly suffered, he rose one night and secretly set fire to his hut, and once more was restored to flesh and manhood.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

For one moment her heart failed; she had read of Noah’s ark, but had never quite believed in the stability of that mansion.
— from The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne