Oaks Indian Mission

Famous quotes containing the words oaks, indian and/or mission:

    “He that depends
    Upon your favors swims with fins of lead,
    And hews down oaks with rushes.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “In the woods of Powhatan,
    Still ‘tis told by Indian fires
    How a daughter of their sires
    Saved a captive Englishman.”
    —William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

    “The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
    —William McKinley (1843–1901)