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In: Canadian journal of economics and political science: the journal of the Canadian Political Science Association = Revue canadienne d'économique et de science politique, Volume 28, Issue 4, p. 642-643
In: Canadian journal of economics and political science: the journal of the Canadian Political Science Association = Revue canadienne d'économique et de science politique, Volume 26, Issue 1, p. 35-53
It was a strange caricature of the Red Indians which emerged as the "noble savage" from the scrutiny of the statesmen and the philosophes of the second half of the eighteenth century. "Mild and hospitable when at peace, though merciless in war beyond any known degree of human ferocity," the "Indian was indebted to no one but himself; his virtues, his vices and his prejudices were his own work; he had grown up in the wild independence of his nature." So wrote Alexis de Tocqueville, emphasizing a great truth but suggesting an important untruth. For the Indian was indeed independent in spirit, and his vices and many of his virtues were alien to Europeans. But however independent his nature might be, he was not economically independent. The Chipewa chief who met Alexander Henry at Michilimackinac in 1761 expressed much of the splendid independence of the Indians: "Englishman, though you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us. We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods and mountains, were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance: and we will part with them to none." Alexander Henry, however, was present at Michilimackinac precisely because he knew that the Indians were not independent economically; he had gone up, and he stayed up through the dangers and vicissitudes of Pontiac's rebellion, because there was no doubt at all that, despite his savagery and despite his independence, the Indian would trade for European goods as soon as they were brought within his grasp.
In: Pacific affairs, Volume 30, Issue 2, p. 190
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: The economic history review, Volume 7, Issue 3, p. 307
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: The economic history review, Volume 3, Issue 3, p. 401-401
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: The economic history review, Volume 2, Issue 3, p. 317-325
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: The economic history review, Volume 2, Issue 3, p. 247
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In: The economic history review, Volume 2, Issue 3, p. 317
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In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Volume 19, p. 51-60
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Volume 9, p. 114-127
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: The economic history review, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 180
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, p. 392-392
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, p. 398-399
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Volume 49, Issue Supplement_1, p. 282-283
ISSN: 1468-0297
In: The economic history review, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 88
ISSN: 1468-0289