"Indian giving" (1837, from Washington Irving)

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    Author _Irving, Washington, 1783-1859._
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 Title Adventures of Captain Bonneville, or, Scenes beyond the Rocky
Mountains of the far West / by Washington Irving.   Imprint Paris : Baudry's European
Library,  1837.
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_INDIAN  GIVING._
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Army and Navy Chronicle (1835-1842).  Washington: Aug 3, 1837. Vol. 5, Iss.
5; p. 78 (2 pages)
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_THE  GIFT HORSE._
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The New - Yorker (1836-1841). New  York: Aug 19, 1837. Vol. 3, Iss. 22; p.
343 (1 page):
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Capt. Bonneville was suitably affected by this mark of friendship; but his
experience in what is proverbially called "Indian giving," made him aware that
a  parting pledge was necessary on his own part to prove that this friendship
was  reciprocated.

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