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The >K)/c, (/ i/iflfil in all hoitxehold ways Where Home has/air its mrtril altar reared, In irorlhif of all praise — Aye f prer!oiin,/ar heyottd all ireamre, is The heart that inuL-es the hearthstone loce-endeared With ijentlv ministrien. :iif Yet how Miifh more tn honor iliie — 1» auuht Be due to uivk — to Thee —her, who like thee, In realms qf Mind hath sought A wider prorinte for her wifely part ; Wife and Friend in one! — whose ministry Is to Imlh mind and heart. Tfurefore the Poet brings tlus tribute meet; Trusting that Hope will true her promise keept Who in the noon-day heat « Together stand to sow Life's fallow lea With Thought and Deed, — that they together reap The Ilarv^t yet to bk. rel Ilia Mv coil the the to ] are of 1 dee] hun the mca 1 dene of t Ages al)ov ofth vai/9 tared. mTRODUCTION. t, IB re-endeartd AUUHT ike thee, night nietry meet; 96 keept ea ogether reap TT i*. to the M^thoJoyies ..f the primitive races that -*- we are to look for ti.e expression of the earliest poetie. religious and philosophic thought of Mankind While the Folk-l.,,-. of tii- (.M VV,.,.|d has long been nrnde tho subject of r-.-arch and poe.i.. elaboration, the Mythology of the North Anieritau Indiiins has received conipiirativeh' little attention. \Vhnt the K.ldns were to Seundinuvlan Europe; what the Greek Mythology was to the Ifellenic mind ; what the .tory of Buddha, with all its clustering fables, is to Hindoo and Mongolian; what the teachings of Christ are to the Christian world.- the revelation, in .some sort, ot a divine lovo and wisdom, around which gather the deepest affection,s, the purest hopes and anpirations of the human soul;-sucli, undoubtedly, were to the Red Men the body of their myths an.l legends, of which but a meager store has been left to us. There is in these fragmentary traditions abundant evi. denco that they are the architecture of a religion, a part of the world's .acred literature ~ the Scriptures of the A^es; scattered rays of Pivine Truth come down from ahove, clothed in such imagery as the then development Ot the Race made possible of apprehension. r a; lA iii VI T^:T;;'■i)t r!i;)N' In tl.c broailei- li,,!.;, ••i' n uiiiver.siil in; -i-.Totation we see in those h-enils Ww i^scnlials of all K.'li-iou.s truth; the idea ufUod, of inuiiortality iind an eternal world: the recognition of ^'o..d and evil; and in some form, however imperfeet, the siime injunetions and re.iuirements that are the burden of the Christian IJil.le; and thon-h their standard is not onr standard, thry show that even the Savage may pereeivc! somcv,!;.,t of tl;e inevitalde deformity of Vice and the intinito beauly of Virtue. Thou.'h in n.anv fnvm.: iv.A with a ^reat diversity of detail, one central legend ui-.^^rlL. 11:. whole system of Indian Mvth,>logv. ru(l:v vc-ion.; nnnic^, rs that ot M.ca- bou, Chi-a-1.0, Mann^n-xho, Ta-rr:>yn-",-:i-go and Ha-yo- went-ha, are rehearsed the marvdous aLhievements ol on',> and the same remavkahlc i.ersonnge; t!..; central idea m er,> -1 being that of a Divine M .;•.; orv) of mira-uhms birl'.i and superhuman i-trilmte. rent :::::'^ng t!r- Indians from the Cireat Spirit. II ; ^n^>^;-. V.vr .;-nst -r. <.f the forest and the rivers: he t-a.dies the Ked Men to use the bow and arrow in war and in liie chase, to build then- wig- wams, to grow corn and beans, and to b:> noble anl br.ive. Whether or not, at some remofe period, there existed among them one of wonderful powers, answering iu any degree to the i.lea in the Indian mind, it is not important to inquire. That sn.'li was th« fact seems not improbable, as will readily be conceded by those wh„ hold the behet in any divine interposition in the affairs of men. Ihose who accept the teaching that Christ had a divinely ap- pointed mission to the world, will , not find it hard to believe that the Infinite would send a messenger of , life and light to the benighted Children of the Wildernesji as well as to the more enlightened Race. r ixr:; ;;:;rTio;\'. vu .1 l:i; i^ri'tation we ah Ui'li^'iou.s truth; 1 eternal world ; the some form, however rciiiiirenietits that >; and thon>,Mi their ^how thiit even the inevitalde deforniity ■tue. a ^reat diversity of l!;j whole system of r.ic->, r..s that of Mica- n-"':i-,2o ii'id Ha-yo- ai-hievemeuts of on;! ; till) eentnil idi-a in -> of luirai'nlous l)ir1',i n ' t!;" Imliiins from •s.v.A "!•■' of the forest Men to 11 ;e the bow S to bnihl tlieir wiff- b' noblj anl br.ive. period, there existed !r>, answering in any d, it is not important y many ol' the northern tribes, reached in the Iroquois their highest expression and finest exemplification. "The Iroquois is the Indian of Indians," says Park- man. " In this remarkable family of tribes occur the fullest development of Indian character, and the most conspicuous examples of Indian intelligence." H Previous to the discovery of the Continent by Colum- bus the scattered tribes had joined themselves together in a League of Alliance, the principles of which have been the wonder of philosophers, and with a governmental polity that has won the admiration of statesmen. Of the date of tho eoi.^°deracy of the Five Nations — the great Acjuan-uschi-oni League — there can be only conjecture. The native historian, David Cusic, gives a chronology of thirteen successions of chiefs before the ap- pearance of the White Man. There is probably in this record an element of truth; all that is certainly known, however, is that these uncivilized tribes, banded together for a common end of protection and defense, and not always in accord, surrounded by other tribes more savage than themselves, with only the bow and arrow and the rudest implements of warfare, nol only held together for hundreds of years, but steadily grew in strength, intelli- gence, material comforts and social amenities. Mr. Morgan says, in his League of the Iroquoi-s: " They achieved for themselves a more remarkable civil organiza- tion, and acquired a higher degree of influence, than any other race of Indian lineage, except those of Mexico and INTRODUCTIOX. IX likingly exhibited t', and that were northern tribe , iression and Rnest iuns," says Park- tribes occur the r, and the most nee." tinent by Colum- selves together in which have been a governmental ttesmen. ) Five Nations — lere can be only id Cusic, gives a efs before the ap- probably in this certainly known, , banded together defense, and not ribes more savage d arrow and the held together for strength, intelli- lities. Iroquois: "They ale civil organiza- ifluence, than any se of Mexico and Peru. In tlio drama of European cdonizallon they stood for nearly two centuries with an uii.huk.n front against the devastations of war, tlie blighting influence of foreign intercourse, and the still more fatal encroachments of a restless and advancing border population. Under their federal system the Iroquois flourished in independence, and capable of self-protection, long after the New England and Virginia naes had surrendered their jurisdictions, and fallen into the condition of dependent nations; and they now stand forth upon the canvas of Indian history, prom- inent alike for the wisdom of their civil institutions, their sagacity in the admini>tration of the League, and their courage in its defenses" Though to-day there remains only a remnant of the once j.roud and powerful Iroijuois Confederation; though it paled and waned before the mighty tide of the White Toilers; it has left a name that shall not be blotted out, while the love of I'berty remains, and the voice of elo, quenec has power to move the beart.i of men, In the following poem the writer has aimed to give, in an intimately related series of pictures, the story, as embodied in the Irof|uois tradition, of the origin of the Confederation, and especially all that relates to the part the great personage of Indian Mythology— Ha-yo-went- ha — took in the formation of the League; a league all the more wonderful, originating, as it did, among savage tribes, whose literature was confined to oral traditions and i)ieture- writing; and whose arts were bounded by the bow and arrow, rude stone implements, the dressing of skins and their manufacture into clothing, and to the growing, in the most primitive manner, of a few producta of the soil. i IKTR01)U( rlON. Whatever of thought, of fi-eling or belief the antFior has embodied in the League of the Iroquois, he holds to be but the legitimate interpretation of the customs and legends in which he finds alike the subject for his pen and the inspiration of his Muse. If he has softened and modi- fied their forms as tlicy existed in a rude barbarous age, it is but in keeping with a well recognized license, without which any original, poetic treatment of his subject would be impossible. Instead of following to the lett(;r any one form of the story, he has chosen rather to take from several th(>ii- poetic features; or, when d(>parting from them all, h(,' has still endeavored to k.'ep ti-u^T to tluir spirit,— to tlie highest concei)tions of tli" Iiiduin niinfiE ChiEK, . T8, >W. 8S8 287 ECKEH, . 271 / 274 278 THE LAST OF THE HUNTER RACE. Lament of t» e Induw Jfus e Notes, VoCABULAny, 317 281 n'lif^ t^V?5 i t; t) lil PRTNCTPAL PERSONS. PRONOUNCID {The great Mytliological. Hero of the Iroquois. The founder of the League. -... , >.i „ . i< Smile of the Great Spirit .„., ,,.-,,..-. „..-,^„ \ Bride of Hayo-went-ha. Manabo-zho. ( Man-a-bo'-zho.) The great Mythological Hero of the Algoi.quini. Manito. ( Man-i-to.) Guardian Spirit. Inigorio. ( In-i-^o' -ri-o.) The Good Mind. OWAY-NEO. fO-way-tie'-o.J The Great Spirit. OssEa (Os-st'-o.) A famous magic'un. OWENEE. (O-wt-nef.) Bride of Osseo. SciNK. Onondaga and the Lake region of central New York. reat MytliologicaU the Iroquois. The of the League. )fthe Great Spirit Hayo-went-ha. rest Mythological the Algoi.quin^. n Spirit. ood Mind, reat Spirit. lis magic'un. f Osseo. tral New York. THE LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS. M m "if :^':::: • I Stenffom afar the rude barbaric yean Art dark irith bluutl ami rapine, irroiig and aHme, Wherein alone the Savaife Man appears ; Yet near beheld, from the remotext time A human nouJ dwelt in each xtalira>i form, Ard Be(iati/'s uniile a , Save that some drops of comfort holds The hallowed urn of iiuMiiory. Though vain we mourn a glory Hcd — The fairest forms no longer fair, A cheerful song for loved ones dawl May win u.s froni more fell despsiir. fW I'lioLM. I tlii'fiul tlu' finest Iciiu'. I wait WlHTl' (»ll» f >()lir slH'ltflilljr wifrwuills stood, Ik'wailing ymir mitiiiii-ly tiitf. My lVi>i)le of tlif will! uiitl wood, Xo iiKti't; us in tliu oldi'ii days Shall luTt! your |iitiitt>r-l)ow Im' Iwiit. Wlicrt', Icariit'd in iiatnrc's Hiin|d« wayw, You dwt'It. ill lowlv litf coiitriit. : * :li m (Malh'ii HraVfs I t'orcviTHioiv You cryst.il Hoods that leap and toss. Shall wail aioiij; their saddfui'd shore, Dqdorilifj; so love's ohh'ii loss, While rolliiij,' suns shall Imru and jflow, The seasons crown the waitiufi years. The fairest Suiiinier's cheek shall show Some grief- hetokeuiiif,' trace of tears. No pilgrim -wind that homeless sings But murmurs of departed braves; No zepliyr o'er the wild, that wings IJut lingers liy forgotten graves. Soft through the twilight's silver sheen, Methinks tlip glimmering stars ahovo Far-shining in the hlue serene. Bend low witii pitying eyes of love, i|!l' ^ lit WllillS <«to(H|, I, iM'llt. i|»le WHVM, And often to my toiirful oyo, When y(.n,l,.r orhs grow dim nnd pain, Tiill, piiiiitcd, Hiihlc forms go l.y, And o„ tl... ui-l.t-win.l.s .shri.-k and wail. Oil ! dusky sliadt'H do vt>rily haunt The failing gn.nnd on wliicdi I tread ; Or out of love's ujiweaning want Ih horn a senihlanco (»f the.d<>ud. toss, d slinre, and glow, ears, all show tears. agues of wave and wood ! Yi' imiudly keep, hf)wso b(?reft, Still of the l)()id heroic will, Thougli of that realm to you are left But narrow holts of vale and hill. Where oiifc you l)()iv the warrior-bow Or th'clly led the hunt. 'r- chase, Now, fiitf-coustraiued. you reap and sow — Now toil as (loUi the 'roilcr-race. If oHiers pl.iut on fairer wold. And harvesl more of g.)!d(':i ears, I this rt'cidl. tliat tiiey do hold The vantage of a thousand years. Though silent, yours a soul intense : Still is the dusky breast injhued With slumbering fire, whose eloquence Once thrilled the forest solitude. And when the thoughts that hold and tb'-aP In other speech take form again, You, standing in the council -hall, Shall stir anew the hearts of men. I UWhr PROEM kly stand thers stood ' d — and wood ! .reft, :oa are left 1 hill. Though war to-day could but degrade, Has lost for you its use and place, It was your warrior -bow that made You first among the Dusky Race. And though our shrinking souls abhor T!:e cruel deed, the wild excess. The valor that is born of war Is kin to every nobleness. warrior -bow use, lu reap and sovv- • rare. rold, tVU'S, hold V(>ars. It was the foe, fierce, brave and strong, "Who for your homes conttiidiiig stood, That bnnight the need whicii wrought erelong Your mighty League of Brotherhood. And though it only lives in name. Or on the bold historic page, keep its bright, proud hero -fame Unsullied still from age to age ! Ill intense : )iied ose eloquence tuile. hat hold and tb-aP gaiu, iicil-hall, f men. And were it better so, did they — The fore-tirae virtues— still remain ? The virtues of one race and day May be another's vice and bane. Thougli nevermore to warrior bold Shall time renew each glorious deed. Still to the Bond in spirit hold. The precepts of its founder heed. PROEW. On him to whom your lofty fame You owe, still let your reverence wait; Give honor due the noble name Of Huyo-went-ha, good and great. Among you as in days of old May love-inspiring chieftains stand ; Who wise the ancient lore unfold Hid in the sacred \V'ami)um-band. - S! :-: And what the Future hath in store 1 would not, if I might, divine ; Enough for you, that evermore The Past all glorioiis shall shine. Wherein till Time's corroding hand Has made all valor s records dim, The Iroquois shall proudly stand For daring deeds the synonym. :if me wait; 3 t. lid; 'old 1. ' storp hand Did TIIK FORE-WOULD. ppfT <">>^ Vast fields unfeneed snre by the. puyph round Of the high-nrchinn hcimius; fhr ijndtd on-sweep Of rivers that fur stretch from zone to zone ; Lakes wide oiit-re((chin'f^ THE FORE-WORLD. 1 purple found yntiiil on-xweep 'o zoiii' ; fizon'.i hound; lublinw and lone ; itij .thrp rill (iptiii ! in/cr phni, I surpassinff Art, leval Man. He that has stood with kindling eye Owiusco's peerless blue beside, Looked on Cayuga munnuring nigh, On Canaiidaigua's tranquil tide, Xo more may wonder why to-du}' By tluMr bright flood-i Tradition dwells ; By the cle.ir spnng.s of Seneca And Onondaga's limpid wells. To honor with just ni^'ed of i)raise All noble deeds, the ages wait ; Still from the Past some token stays, Some record lives of heroes great. Nor shall ye be of fame bereft, First on the bold Heroic Page, While to these lakes and streams are left Their names — your gift iuid heritage. 3 M ,=T»" ►•>''i 13 77//; FOHE-WORLD. I I '.. U Yet who sliiill hrinjf the Viuiished lore— Of other (lays th.- story tell y Of (lays while yet their iiirther shore Where now the I'iile-fiuc striiiigers ilwoH, Was trod alone hy diisk^ hruves; While yet the light eanoe was seen Alone iipoii their smiling wiiv(.»s, And wigwiinis liv tlieir marines green. Though he my loss another's gain, What comfort to this anguished heart In hoinidless tields of golden grain, In smiling homes and thronging mart? And turn 1 oft with lo)iging eyes From scenes the nearer vision sees, To those that far and dindy rise. And deeply cherished more than these. When all the plain was lapjjed in calm To where the horizon deepens down ; Serene emhloomed in summer halm Or rohed in autumn's gold and hrown ; When stretehed a hroad unbroken wild Far as the Morning's eye could tnice, In nature's beauty undefiled, — The Empire of the Ilunter-race. ■i.f 1 THE f'ORB-iro/lLD. 13 ed lore— mIioix' ers dwell, '^; Ml •et'U. peerless reiiliu ! of liill uud viile, Of moiuituiii, moorland, wood and glade, Traced only ]>y the narrow trail Tliat dusky iiioceasined feet had made ; ' Where many a smiling meadow .shone. Fenced by the etiier's i)uri)Ie ledge, With waving grasses overgrown, Ifigh- greening to the hillows' edays when ])eside these limj)!.] .springs \\'i.le )oamed the Ellc as floet said free vVs though liis vory iWt lial wing.s. The Moo.;e his miglity antlers bore O'er i.a,s!iir. s gretn wiih kiiiyly rule ; ^ The red Deer fiocked eacli gnissy shore— f^tood mirrored iu the crystal pool. in calm ivu ; talm •own ; keu wild •ace, What iime the patient leaver wrought A type of noblest brotherhood ! ^ As (hougli his meaner soul had caught ""he vision of eartli's highest good ; WluMi tlirough an instinct brute and dim, The dream that haunts tlie wisest sage To-day, was realized in him : Jtude prophet of a riper age ! pp u yv/.v yoriic-wnnuK When oft, us wmtor wiiidrt wdie cliill And woke tin? riiivcii's croak Jiiul caw, Boriio on tlnj l)last caino yolpiiigs slirlll Broke iroiu lliu Wolf's unsafcd iua,w ; As, trailing far some hapless Ho*' He circled on lUe panting beast, AVild calling through the drifting snow His f. llov.M \u 11 ct)nuuo:i f.'ust. :.i:i;i!i What tiuio ilic J 'ox, or late or soon, Fur oVr the glimmering fields away. Led forlh lur j'oung liciicalh tlic moon To wily hunt tin; wary prey; Or following wide, to suuff the wind, Of keener scent, in cunning deff, Her larger unloved kin, to find If latest surfeit something left. Or, when sweet Shaw-(i;i-ua-see drew Each pinit)n fleet from* seas remote, Outwelled from sightless deeps of blue. The Brand -goose clanged his harsher note The while each oft -returning spring The purple sea was softly pressed By gentle White Swan's snowy wing, Or daring Osprey's downy breast. Tllh- I'OIiE-WoKLJJ. Vo Wdio chill iiiid caw, I'lpiiigs slirlil (•(1 maw ; ss I'oc ast, liiftiiij^ snow When dovon l.y Ea^l.-'s wii.f. wcnl.I hreak The far horizon's golden I'dgc ; And noisy toll -tale Teal and Drake Quacked querulous through the rcrdy s.-dg,. ; Or woke a swift- winged clash and clang As jiigh the tierce -Leaked Falcon flew ; While to the moon the Sea -owl sang His doletnl jiote of-'- woo-too- woo."" e or soon, s away, 111 tlie moon :' the wind, deft, find When not alone at morning Idtish The Shore-l;u-k wok.' his piping shrill. Hut cleaved afar tli<. sober hush Of falling twilight, piping still. Or slowah.ng (he river's hrink The wide- winged Fisher darkened l.y; Or, where the blue waves lise and sink, Came ii|.|lie Sea-crow's lonelvcrv. da-see drew emote, eeps of blue, s harsher note ing spring jssed now3' wing, 'eiust. Or. dark iVom umbrag.!-shadowed spring Ats-t of sun. the Hittern drew His sable-plumed nocturnal wing. Or w(d«. his hollow-"dun-ka-doo.'" Or, pienting tar the dusky pall Of storm -bethreaten ing night, was heard The Loon's sad, ill - foreboding call — A lonesome, melancholy bird. p^PT 16 rut: hOllK- WORLD. Slow-wadinp, borit on lorcli nnd frog, The Snipe cliukcd oVr tho rcody moor ; Tlu' iVwit from tlie drit't-wood log Sang "pc-wit" to tlio drowsy shore. While harsh and hideous unaware, Tile foolisii Moor- hen screeeiied and screamed Till all the fowls of sea ami air, From ugly contrast fairer seemed. Deep in the greening willows hid, Chief of the insect-minstrel throng, The solemn -trilling Katy-did Lulled the lone twilight hours with song. And all the night long twinkled hright The fitful Kir<'-fl.\"s flickering lamp; Or danced afar the fleeting light Of meteor from the marshy damp. While over all, night's mournful bird In plaintive numbers, wilil and shrill, At eve or rising dawn was heard — The sad-conii)laining Whippoorwill. No sound amid the sounds I hear At morning's flush or vesper's sigh Falls soothing on this listening ear As fell that long -lost lullaby. I 11 Tne TonE'WOKLD. It ind frog, y moor ; )(1 log ill Xatnn-'s gri,.f a,„I tears; Each wil.l hciust fled or free 1)ird flown Love's deeper loss the more endears. Each tenant of the woods and streams, Linked fo u fuircr glory fled, Unto the anguished spirit seems A portion of the loved and dead. * * * • ' • Kro deep athwart night's sable gloom With fla.shiiig like a falling star, First broke the cannon's awful boyui, Or venturous voyager's song afar, The whijo his white sail fluttered free, Or gay with moonlight silver furled, Came o'er the softly-flowing sea Like whispers from the under- world ; — Here by the flood the Dusky Brave Looked from liis wigwam's lowly door To hear the sweetly vocal wave Low-lapsing on a quiet shore ; To see the days go tranquil by, The starry nights in peaceful rest ; As blest in Nature's lap to lie As infant on its mother's breast. pm 18 Tiih: I (Hii.-worti.it. Ill ^>;li u'cruri liinj,' doini' A fairtT liiud his fancy drew ; The noble warrior's Spirit IIomh- Lay just heyond its wall of hini'. \ Serene tlu' radiant sr.iions wore, Unstartled, save by ru stlin;^ recti Touched by the zephyr's winjy that bor< Fair Seg-wnu o'er the springing; mead ; As forth she came from sunset skies, Robed in a halo ho complete It only showed to eager eyes The glory of lier sltining feet. Or if, perchiinoe, a wilder moan Came o'er tlie water's sliitrlowy gloom, As with an ill-lorebo;ling tone The bu'1-rush waved its airy plume ; Or angr}' l»illows boisterous grew With chafing on the pebldy beaeli ; Or stormy winds Ment wailing through The cedai-s by the sandy reu'li ; - v^ lu llilll, noiiiiil. 11 (lii:)-)' ImiiiihI \u>i Home III.'. won', ('(m1 iii an.l wary tr.'a.l. Anil (..atli..n..| .piiv.'r's flinty stoiv, F..r tbll.»w(.d whero the wil.l d,...r II...1. Or whi.n. in hiint.T pleasuivs loose, TIic (dias.. to fren/icd passion grew, Fh' H..(.tly tra( l«.,l the Hying Moose To hills l»ey.)n(l the farthest 80 Tin: FouK-yroRtD. !i The while the matroirs busy hand To beauty charmed the louely day ; Glad toiliuji: tor her dusky baud, Aud him, the lumter, far away. No needful labor held in scorn — Content to dig the fruitful plain, To plant, or pluck the ripened corn Or patient pound the golden grain. While tawny maids, from moon to moon, Sat in the rude tent's nuitted shade • To work the fawn-skin beaded shoon Or weave the precious wampinn- liraid. Or glad, the trailer bark to run, Would i)ly their brown arms, baro and stout ; Or hang the bear- meat in the sun, Or angle for the tickle trout. Or. as the soa a glory < lUiglit, liit by the Leaf- moon shiuiug late, Uutouchi'd of fear that sadly brought The dear Winona's darker fate, Enclasped by young brave's manly arm, By love euhaloed, long would rest In blissful dreams as wildly warm As dreams that luuuit the fairest brea.st, I fc IML. il *>.f hand lul, II — 1, (I com ain. ion to moon, lailo • 'd shooii I - l)rui 22 77/ A' FOHK-WOUld). Unfettered grew eiieh tender thought, To it no task -time came to vex ; Nor Art her robe unseemly wrought To mar and outwtird symbol sex. Yet beauty shines through all disguise Unconscious of its lovelines;; ; And Nature's child is simply wise In Virtue — all untaught cf (^.Tsr.. Not in the garment'.! fold oi* l.niid, Nor in the outwurl form or f.:ce, The hear', l.y tondLr pas;:;oi..< nwayed Has rarer gift of ch.u-m ii:;d gric. In voice t!i;it avo1:c i:i gentler tone, In petted wolf-cub sv.vet caresse;!, In nameless winsome ways outshoui! The woman in the i:i;iiden brouKt. Or on each face with sunshine dyed, When wandering on the dreary fell, The growing flush of manly pride Would manhood's eager life foretell ; As in the instinct of his race And native health's exul)erant glo'.v, He mimicked wide the hunter- chase, Or twanged the mimic warrior -bow. ^^ THE FORE-WORLD. 23 Or, as to riper years he grew, His hand from meaner toils aloof, He builded fit his bark canoe. Or wove the wigwam's reedy roof! Or when the solemn midnight hour Shone red, with blazing camp-fires lit, He led the dance where strength and pow Are firm in limb and muscle knit. ei Or, more his greatening heart to show, Would eager hunt the prowling bear; Or chase alar the frightened roe Or panther fo his lojiely lair. Or boldly un to strife and din Of war's wild turmoil, unafraid ; If only so to woo and win The beauteous, dark -eyed Indian maid. Still growing childhood meets my eye With faces like the drifting snow ; The tread of tiny feet go by. But not the tiny feet I know. And happy voices, glad and gay. Soft murmur like a rippled sea ; But only wake the memory Of silent voices dear to me. 24 Till: lUllE- WORLD. \v ;i Though still I sec toiul yearning eyes Full-l)riniMiing with love's tender bliss, No other orbs so fair may rise As liers that lit the wilderneF.s. And mid the throiig, that onward bears With hurrying like the hurrying waves, No manly form such greatness wears As slumbers in the (dden graves, ^ T* T* "P ^ By Avooded lulls and greening vales That more the mournful Past endears, T con the half-forgotteu tales, Time-worn and blotted all with tears. Of chieftains brave, of warriors bold ; While to my deeply-visioncd ken All forms — the best beloved of old — That fairer Fore-World throng again. Of maidens smiling as the sun By home-bright tents that glimmering show; Of painted l)raves that leap and run Or fearless draw the warrior-bow. Of youths with fiery hearts and great Who win the hunter's proudest fame, Returning from the chase elate, Full-laden with the hunter's game. «!t^';i HIE- WORLD. e fond yearning eyes li love's tender bliss, fair may rise wilderness. oiig, that onward bears ! the hurrying waves, iic'h greatness wears olden graves. * * * ind greening vales rnfiil Past endears, •gotten tales, tted all with tears, ve. of warriors bold ; r-visioned ken )est beloved of old — orld throng again. ng as the sun its that glimmering show; ■< that leap and run i warrior-bow. iery hearts and great ;r's proudest fame, ;he chase elate, hunter's game. TJtK yw ; lear the call • stand tree-top tall hand ; From Isles heyond the lionnil of day Wh(!re dwells the mighty Wa-zha-wand, A ma;;ie ("!iee-manii, fi;r i'way, Wide-parting tViiii the Shihi:;g Land. — A magic f'hee-maiin, winged with flame And iiglit and fleet as morning sun, Swift (MM- the flashing billows came, Nor paddle had — nor need ol' one. light, behold, nd, ' warriors old, ting Ground ; y rack. [ft and rent, ing track, 2nt;° And llim alone it lightly bore. Mright speeding on the foaming flood, Him — from that far-otf fairer shore — Him, Hayo-went-ha, great and good ; Ijow-jouriieying from Love's riulvint place The people of the wild to bless ; His brethren of the Dusky liace — The dwellei-s in the wilderness. n ruF. rOMISil or IIAYti-WKST-llA Ami wlio limy miy, iw on lu- drew, lie siiw iiliir ii filory slirini'il ; Nor thiit his lu-urt tiininl. yfurimi},', to A grt'iiU'i- t,'lory Iflt Ix-liind ? Ilowc't'i- it 1)1', still oil lie lit'll«'ii(U)r slu-d Tlmt. I'niil ciiiiot', lus .sflt'-iiii|M'lltMl Ami lil«' tilt" (lawn it oiiwiinl six-d. Ami on - aii'l on ami still iiway, Anil still away ami on. and on ; Ht' piLssi'd the doorways of tlw day. The pathways of tho srtting snn ; And still away it eaffor pressed, More light lunl Hooter than the swan As if the sea with loving breast Would hear the iirecions burden on. Near l)y eiwhaiited shores he drew, Saw where the dread Magicians dwell ; lint felt no tear, for well he knew Nor wieked art, nor wizard spell Hail i>ower to harm ; his ilearer eyes Saw medicine for every pain ; Saw that on faithful souls and wise They wrought their evil charms in vain. ;\T-llA. THK coMlsu <>/■ ii.iiu-w h:sr-UA. 33 ilrow, fiinmifi, t(» 1(1; bed .'ll.'d ipcd. Or iiij,r|it (,!• ,luv. still on t|i,> sHiiie Wlien''.T li»' \vi||,.,| ; nor turri.Ml usiHi; VVIicii, hiirriiiK all the wny with (lame, He fur the Fiery Serpents spied ; Hut loud he cried, hh drawing near, — 'Behind yon look I!"'- with frijrhtfiil cry, They darted bark their lieudH in fear; Swift as the wind he jtassed them by. 1 away, on ; [be day. nil ; sed, e swan reast ell on. Kxnifinir oVr the HeptiJe ruee, With strength be strung his warrior-bow. Approaching nigh the horrid phue, Though tierte they hiss and writhe and glow; From out bis «'aceful de*>f>s. Till tight it pressetf the iM'l)l)ly sliore Where Onondaga tntmiuil sleeps. Mild shoiK' the kindling summer suit. Fell soft till' vernal bnr/es bland. The tide in silver ripples run— Low niurmnred. liip.>ing on th.-saiul: More radiant afar unrolled The widening sea with billowy crest., As shimmering in the suns(4 g(dd,. Like rabies flaHhedemdidimpleil «rest. '^ ■ WENT-HA. T/fJ'. 'i' roM/\,; I,!-' 1/ iV().\rEXT-n.i. ^6 } sped, rocky floor u lit less (l<y .sliowed ; And seeing siicli a goixljy land, He, Hayo-weut-ha, tli.-re abode. nd lie saw looming large ; ])rave. in awe fleeting barge ; s liore fnl dee'i>s, ^M'lddy sliore I sleeps. g summer still, »s bland. I's run — >n tbe-sattd: lied illowy erest.. sunset gold,, limpled crest- I His Chee-inaiin, Idest of Mauito, That paddle-IxMi'ing li.ind h..d none. lUit swiftly (,n I he billo-.vs d:vu- AViJh him who lightly w;;i.d it o:;. That b.);-e liim iWr.n t!ie Shining Land — From ;;r k.yo;i 1 tli,. lialls of day. Thence d;vw he o;i the pebbly sand And hid from curious e^'cs a.vav. And braves whose sight for joy wa,s dim Looked on liim with a gla i .'uri)nsc: ^ With friendly sp,.,-, h fli,;v wlconied hini- The iKible stranger, good and wise. In liim tlicy sa-,v, foretold of old In fable, o:-;;;b uial son" : The chieftain great, the warrior hold, The hiuder they had waited Ion"- 6 ill,, 86 THE COM I so OF HAYO-frEST-HA. He that, with more than mortal arm, With more than mortal strength to do, Would shield them hence from every harn». And all their dreaded foes subdue. Who calling forth each scattered band. Would them unite, them lead and teach, Until unto remotest land The greatness of their fame should rendu • Inwoven with its destiny There eonuvs a great Ideal Man To every raco ; whose i)rophe waiting timhcrs drew ; And them upstanding, straight and tall, Together firm inweaving, he Wi({ors jtKF.os. AikI i.iticiit wn.iijilit li.' many a (liiy Witli s'.:! •w-striiijj; m\A l).irlvy t'.ioiij; : With l.H.i) iiii.l s.Min a:i;l stit.h M\y\ stay, Iiitfiit to maki' it iirui iiii.l slroiij: : Until at |,.iig'.!i, his labors o'er, As i.i tlio wijiWiiiiis whfiico ho came, 15.-i-;lit l.y tli- Oiioinlaga shore H,> lit (hi' lloin.'-liiv's sacr.Ml flame.' ()t h.-art of ash-tive, stout and ti. .• He skill'Ail shai)'.l the lni:itei--ho\v ; 11,. wove the trusty conl that drew, Fr,.;u sii'.v of the fallen roe; Wi'.'.i lar-resouiiiling blow ami dint II.' a,i:ai<' tV.>iii thi' quarry hroke, And I uuuiug shui)ed the stubborn flint With steady baud and patient stroke. • Of rude uushapeu stones he brought F i-om out the .leeply-cloven ledge, He many a roeky mis.sile wrought With glistening point and keenest edge , He fashioned straight the sharpened shaft, With point of jasper ; to the string Made lit the arrow's shining haft Aml.plumed it from the eagle's wing. i|!r f:i>s. TJIK U'oy/tRoia Mf:vs. 41 iiiiiy a (liiy \- tlioiig : titch luul stay, ; o'er, ho raiiK', I fliinio. ' Then from liis Me(lii/-sack ho drew All thUigrt that hear a Ktnu'et charii. Of all tht'ir potency lie knew — Their power to harm, to shield from nanu Adorned with heak and claw and shell His wea|)()ns all ; — with wizard skill Wronght into each the magic sjtell That fateful is for good or ill, * it and trv .- er-bow ; that drew, >e ; ,v and dint »roke, stuhborn flint ent stroke. Or resting from his ruder toil, He carved ami shaped the pot and bowl, His soup to warm, his meat to boil And make the wigwam comforts whole; Or forth he went with shaft and bow, And m:uiy a liairy skin he bore Of Yek-wai and of O-kwa-ho, And softly matted all the Hoor. < he brought 11 ledge, * wrought " keen(!st edge , le sharpened shaft, the string ning haft [igle's wing. To charm and guard his home and place Its barky sides he i)ictured fair With to-tenis of his name and nK-e;'" Where fierce th*; Tortoise, Wolf, and Bear High on its matled cover shone j Each type and symbol, such ius thence The greatly wise may draw alone The mystery of the hidden sense. 42 •ini<: Mosniairs ni:i:ns. ■M Then to tliu wild lu; still wart bore His mighty liow : his sliat't rohnisi'd, Swit't-siH'i'diiig, ](> ! all rod with gore, Dowii-bt'llowiiig tell eiuh ugly lii'iist. Uu()-wiil ill his homy shell Low on the siiiid and hU'i'diiig lay ; Great Yek-wai, mortal wounded, fell, The loft^'-aiitlerod Me-sha-way. When K\van-()-siiaisli-t:i, prowling near, And liissing like a roaring blast, Ot" all till! l,i;i.l the scour'i;e ami I'ear, With scaly feet went wriih'iig p.ist, With flaming eye-balls g! iring red, With liery tongue that fork-M drew, - A liideous seri)ent, luig.i and dread ; His shaft ih;,- irightful numster slew. " Still far his pointed missiles speil : The Be-zhu hushed his awful roar, The 0-kwiirho the Ka-ka fed — His hungry howl Wiis heard no more ; Kwan-llun-ge-a-gosh on the tide, Great Ke-ka-daw-nong on the sand. Him yielded all their life and died, — The monsters of the sea and land. m i'i:i:os. THK v»\i)i/nrs j>/:/:/,s\ 43 ilwiirt bore ft rt'leiusi'd, ivd wif li yoiv, I iiyly Iti'iist. eepiii the earth i< hid to-dav. uve AVi.le l,„r:io .•;.; nn the winds amain W«.nt luelhjw loam ; Not doiil»ting wlifii till- days were full — The Moon of Falling Lt-aves had come, To see the rii)eued miraele. airer shore 'ood ; — lore •wihl ; lows dim, HI them smiled, of liim. And tending all with readj' arm. He saw the summer wax and wane ; To pull the weedy spears that harm, Or water uit the parchC-d jdain, He tame and went with tireless feet ; Jlope-girded all tlie field he trod. Till glad lie plucked the kernels sweet From Scho-tH-sa-min"s wondrous pod. ig lout ibor strong, h\ the land ; mystery, ^realed, J be — g field. And ruddy-ripe o'er all the land, Fair in the autumn's windy days, He saw great O-nust lusty stand ; He rudely strippetl the mighty Maize And home the luscious tresisures bore To serve the stormy winter's need ; < h- fairest ears did careful store — Tile future Inirvest's jprecious seed. 4rt ///•; \ytt\i>l<:>i i::>tf. ll'. With O-kwa-ho from fiirtl>«'Ht w*•: Till-: wosiniinx iii:t:i,s. 47 lu'Ht wood, TH wi(l»', b iind goot. But oro he drew Or parted hu;io from bo:;', it l;xirla Heetiiig liar across,— Still on that magic Chee-mann drew. To where the Mohawk's rushing tides By vaster woods and mountains flee ; Or where the wider Hudson glides, Goes hastening to the briny sea; Still seeking tar, or strange or new, A fairer land, a brighter bourne, Fled wonder-winged that light canoe Like arrow from the bow of Morn. And swifter than that barky barge Went tidings of his name and fame ; And to the Council flaming large, From far his tawny ijeople came With hearts elate, intent to know The growing wonder ; learn with awe The mystery of the hunter-bow, Aud how to hold, and how to dra^. lEYINO. iist, R'ssed ; ws toss, l)lue, 111 drew. ishing ti(l«?s lins flee ; n glides, sea ; e or new, rne, light canoe Morn. ky barge lul fame ; ig large, ;ame to know I with awe [jr-bow, to drajw.. II A rt)- n-i:s r-ii. i 'v joikxk riyo. Still unto wider s«as away: Ontario's swelling tide he tracked , Heard great Ki-ha-dc -i " E-wa-yea ",— Looked down the thundeiing cataract ; And mute with reverence, bowed in . ■..« Before that wonder strange and new, He veiled his face, as there he saw The form of IMij-hty Manito, Confessing so tlie luimau need Of love that is to worship grown, Untaught in ritual and creed Him to behold, the Great Unknown No less tlie lowliest adore ; Who most on Owuy-neo call Do bear the likeness more and more Of Him, the Mighty over idl. Still o)i — away : m;>re noisy break The ripples on the flowing marge ; Till gleamed his glory-beiiring wake On stormy Erie, ibaming large ; On— past each headland, island, bay;— AVherever rose a goodly land With dusky warriors painted gay, He drcM^ his Chee-maun on the strand. 58 54 HA ro-\yK\r-iiA's jovuskyiso. He Hhared with ilu'iu tlio lumqnet spread Around the oainp-fire hhiziiiji high ; He far for them his arrows sped, He slew the nioustei-s prowling nigh ; ' • On him — sueh mighty deeds he wrought They wondering gazed in fear and awe ; While of the hunter-how he taught Them how tti hold and how to draw. And thence again went speeding o Till Gitche Gumee's silver smiles Shone beauteous in the setting sun, With widening shores an.l shining isles. There, where the angry hillows roll, With Art that time's corroding mocks, He pictured many a curious scndl — His to-tems— on the het-tling rocks. k !!"^ Vast rumors all the forest stirrea Of Him,— and still the wonder ran ; He far the welcome greeting heard — "Tarren-ya-wa-go '.—Mighty Man ! '." " And though a race untamed an;»•'/. Ihrir .'.mW.. siin,,, Far th,v,ill' "'O'l'''' '"■'• Vmo hiH homehj iiiiw iroiil'l si>ig. j„,j l^n uufurtiolMi (l"!H> '■ — Wm bring to charm wy deeper pain Some fragment of the ohlen hn,^: - Will wake that woodland lute agam. SONG OF HAYO-WENT-HA. 11k is i,'r('at('st: who is wisest. Ldvc rt'plit's : Not ciiinigli for Hayo-wi'iit-im Tn l)t' wise ; Wlmt ]>y precept, my People < I can give, Have 1 tauf,'ht. you ; hy example Would I teach you how to live. He that wisest is is greatest : Yet on all. Howsoever higli or lowly, Sorrows fall ; To he great is to Ih; lonely ; Where is she, Lovely Kax-a, heauteous maiden — Hayo-wcit-ha's bride to be ? 62 SONO OF JIAYO-WENT-UA, I have heard him —Mud-je-kec-wis — When he came From the mighty Es-con-aw-baw Of the phiin, Telling of the brave Dfu?otah's Daughters fair ; And methought — does she, the beauteous, Hayo-went-ha's, wander there ? Nor less famed is the Ojil)-vv:i,y Maiden, she Dwelling by the Gitche Gumee's , Farthest sea. But i mind me, all things distant Fairer show ; Lofty Yo-nond's glittering sunnuit Nearer seen, is only snow. Though the far-off beauty beckons Like a star. Oft we miss the good that might l)e, V Following far ; Oft the flower sweet opening for us Loving eyes. All unseen, though close beside us, Fragrance-laden blooms and dies. T-UA, SONO OF JIAYO-W^XT-ll.i. 63 -je-kee-wis — ae i-aw-baw 'otal an s ir; ilie, till' iM'imteous, er thcro ? Nor wliiit time untu i\w snuM Liiml I strayed, Saw r ever by Uio wigwam's Mat and .sliade, Mui.1, fl.at l.carirg mcc-k a.i.l litting Maic^Mi's ])ii;f, Would-- tlio ).::c:e of Ilayo-woiit-liu- Oladdrn inMiv l:".; l:(.i;:(> i:::^ ];,.i,rt. ib-way Gumet-'s gs distant ng summit now. W].ati-ti> softly i.itjrmnrs All the day To the sighing, sad Ogh-ue-ta (ireening there. Dwells the heuuteous Kax-a,— she KyiJi-tah-WHutu, good and fair. Ch how oit some cdiiei'est hlessing "We go hy, Xever even of it die.uuing, Though so nigh; Till some happy hour reveals it. When we say — >rot— "Thou Oway-ru . blessed !" Only this — " A happy day," -.- '•i.^-W , aoxo OF JiAVu-\yi:xT-iiA. 65 In tin; forcgouf tiiiio of fiisting, " AVhciU'c I drew Smile 1111(1 hlfssiiig of tlie iiiiglity Miiiiih), Witli tli(> wis.loiii of (lie Mcdas Did I ^eo Fiirtho Msioii of tlu; future — Vision of t!i(. diiys to lie. See in mystic liyht iliuf l.rjjrlih.iied All tlur linid, Every jx'ople, trihe and imtiou, Cliiu iuid band, Tliat i'ar Coinuil-fircs shonld lieaeon, Not in vain ; I*aintcd vi-rriors, armed and girded,— Mighty cliieftaiiis, liattle-slain. And alidvc IIr. cloud and darkness, Clang of War, Saw T one serenely- smiling Like a .star ; And llie more iliat dream I ponder, More, meseems. She, Ti-o-to's lowly maiden. Like that maiden of ]nv dreams. 66 soya or ii.iro-irENr-irA. Oncfi again, as in tbe vision Her I see Bearing all love's toil and labor Cheerfullj' ; Bleak the sticks and patient bear them From the wood ; Build the fire, make bright tho ^vigwam, As the forest-maiden should." Or when Seg-wun from the South-laud Far had come, Tending glad the corn upspriiiging, Stir the loam ; Or in diiys tlic- Faliing-leaf Mcon . More endears. Pluck the mighty Maize at liarvest — BoiU'ing home the ripened eara. And the maid, Nyah-tah-wanta, Dwelling nigh Where Ti-o-to's billows, chafing, Moan and sigh,- She the bride of ITayo-went-ha . — Who may tell ? Fhe is of my noble People — Ongue IIonwk — that is well. ^ HA. S()\(! or ii.\yt>.\\i:s'r-'i. 67 n labor at boiir them » t the Avigwam, e South-hmd priiiging, ■ iMcon . t harvest — id ears. rauta, lafiug, i-ha . — ^ well. And I iiiiiid me— I rciiicnilifr It was slie Wove the roj'al roLo and mantle, All for me ; And witli sign, device and symbol Wove it fair, "With the to-tems of my Xatioii — With the Tortoise, Wolf i'l-d Bear. And 1 think me of tlie costly Wainpnni-band ; Of the snowy leggins, bead^'d V>y her hand ; Of the m()c( iisi;!s in whose stitch is Many a gem ; Strange — ho often times to see them,- Only now the glittering liem. And a marv( 1 more I ponder — Sj I deem ; As if still her gentle fingers Pressed the seam. Many a wonder !— can it be so ? I have thonglit Something from the hand still lingers In the work the luind has wrought. 10 L 68 so.\(i or in )()-\ri:xT-jf.i. As wo f't'el tlio coining sorrow Deopi'ii down, Mark with tears the Ijodiiig sliadow Fateful frown, Hapl}- so 11 joy may Ijrigliteu Far away, Like the faint auroral shining Of till' vet uiiriscn day. And I', this exultant, thro])hing, Clud unrest. All this tumult new of passion In my breasl^. The faint motions of a rapture Yet uabor:; ? But the dawn with eagle-pinioa That so swift onti-niis ty.c morn ? N\ He, F\f'e-way-(lin, solUy whispers. Wandering free, "Sweet the nuiid Xyah-tah-wanta"' Unto me ; And tlie (harming maid (o uu)rrow Will I see Well, if she he Hayo-went-ha's ; — If she be not — let it be. 1 ;<'■ v' T-IIA. jnow iiijf sliadow :hteii iiuiiijr )])l)iiig, i.'issioii NYAH-TAH-WANTA, ipturo -pinioa V.'A' iiioni ? whispers, L'e, l-Willltll"' n morrow it-hii's ; — e. Da ughter of the pa hr-face, With beauti/ (jarmeiited ! Not less The damsel of the Dusky Race Js clothed upon with loteliness. Nor unadorned of simple Art, That heightens more each rirgin charm; Nor less her breast, with M'oman's heart Yearns, — throbbiity with love's pulses warm. Di Of Ch All As Or Th NYAH-TAH-VVAXTA. ice, )t less Race ss. 4rt, >yin charm; \f'oman'ii heart !e's pulses warm. NvATi-TAir-WANTA — fair and {^ood Was she, the wai-rior-rliiffhiiii's chilil ; And never maiden of the wood Did brighten more the forest wihl ; None hear the cliarms more modestly Of sweetly-ljuddinsj womanhood, Nor worthier of love than ; le?, Child of the hold, heroic blood. As one bereft when yens were few, And tanght a widowed knee (o climb. She tlioMghtfnl-wise and pensive grew, As slnuhnv of a sorrow-time From ont tlie nnrememhered years, Or wraitii of love's forgotten kiss, Still Inirdened with unfallen tears Those lids of liquid teuderiiess. V _j T2 .\y. Ill- iMi-\y ASIA. Il.r voir.' was ViU' th.- wooiiijr Spring, 11, T .IiitIv li!«! Autiiiuii's l)ruir/.«d lif,'lit ; IIiM- tivssiM liko the IJav.-ii's wiiiK, I In- .'.vrs w.'iv like tho hnxxliiiji nijilit With ()-jis-1ioim1ii shilling,' tlir.iii>,Mi,— S.)in.' l.n-litn.'ss ilmt \m inijihl not guess; |'\)r when yon saw you only knew Yon suw a lirininiing tenderness. i Oliglit in shade! <) hmd of dreams! Deep in Ihoso dirknied drptlis impearled, As when \Vo-ne-da"s silver Ix-anw Soft-niantU' the nocturnal worhl. No garden lilies niidefi'.-d, No sweets their iVagraiiee may possess, Surpass the roses of the wild, The beauty of the wilderness, =' « Nor in all outward charms alone She grew, as grows the woodland flower; Though nurtured in the forest lone, x\nd with the forest-niaitlen's dower t)f ruder toil luid sorest need. So schooled was she to do and hear. That her lo know, you knew indeed That one so good must needs be lair. ?? jr Spring, :<'(l lij^lit ; Li iiijilit it not guess; kufw ■is, (Iroiiiiis ! ! iiiipciirled, k' possess, 'I, alone liiud flower ; rest lone, •lower (1 lit-ar. ■w indeed I be fuii;. .VlM//-y,i//.|IM,V7M, 98 In snowy kirtle tasselcd jjiiy, And furry mantle quilled and dyed, Her hand hud wrought so cunningly From many a Jit-slio's furry hide; In scarlet Icggius fringed with blue. In |)ainted nioeeasins Ix-aded grand, You would Jiave thought her — as was 'rue— • The eomeliest niaid in nil the land, Though well she knew (o plait and braid, Aud skilled to make or eloalc or gown. The liclicst robe that In-r arrayed, The iM'aiity that is beauty's crown. That does the fairest best adorn. Was hers in wigwam-tented wood : The common virtues — lowly born. Of simple, modest imiidenhooil. When oil the greening wild away Her lightsome footsteps flitted free. She seemed a joyous forest-fay — A dusky W(io(iia:i(!-i',iiry she; AikI more the while the happy maid, When gladness woke her simple art, Went singing through the Avindy glade The soiig;s that fluttered at her heart, M. u A1M//-/'.I//-It .I.V7'.l. What tinit' lu'i- virjiiii footsteps pressed The Itonler-liiiiil of WOmiiiiliood, When wakes a hmjiiii^f in the iiseast, When stirs u spring-tide in tlie l)lo()d, — When grace beyond all manly grace Unto th • maid the lover shows, Wiiile unto him the maiden-t'ice With splendor passing beanly glows; She that the Meda's secnts knew Of mystic dance and chant ami song, Cunld presage read in bird that flew, Knew all the nse of fasting long. — Invoking si or strong or we.dv. Powers that the will of m ii await, A.'* yonth and maiden may, did seek Some token of her happier fate." « And of that dream "r* — it is not new,— The (harm all niaidi-n hearts do own ; The presence on her vision grew Of one, nor haply all unknown ; A warrior-cdiieftain ; on his breast He proud a royal mantle wore ; Well i)leased she saw the shining vest, But nobleness enrobed him more. -/ .V7'.l. »()tst('i)s prossf'd imIiiiikI, ill tlif iin'iint, II tlif I»1(kh1, — iinmly grace hows, lidcii-i'icc aiily &j>. / f/i V <^ /^ V «$> c*^ .>. 'r> 1.0 I.I u 20 u 1.25 1.4 |||.6 •1 6" ► Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 li.. ff- fe ^ f 1^: CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques i A'l'.( 7-y i V-T 1 V 75 nri greafly wi,-;> iniy draw alon<.' The iny.Mery of tlie hidden sense. SIi.' felt i!\' i wi'ler yearning- drav/ Tha!; l,;io-..' nor color. cKnie nor r.ic • A::d l'.-:;::i (Iv p.irli'd door she saw Love heekoa i'roai her w :i;i:ig-jil ; v ; -'' Oil I s'.ve( tly .' !ione tae c lai !i ;ind '.na! l''or su; 'i ;' ni iniy lorni wis tiie]-e; And i.i (he (ire-light, smiling, sal A ]i(t!e maid. — and all wn fair. IT: And si ill the years nev,- heaiity lent : In (dieor'iiil (oil tliat glad 1); gnile.l lier in.iilen cares, she came a:id went, Far-!)rigliteni;ig all the lonidy wild ; Her sire, in slie more lovidy gi'ew. Oft nuising with a father's prirle, Said — "He mnst nohle he and true \\ ho seeks mv darling for liis Itride."' 11 t I i 76 M.1//-/'.1//-"M.VV-I. Ami miiny a yoiitiilul wiirrior, <;ii.v 111 piiiiit iiml plumes, her liiiiul had sought, From huljro and wigwam iar away i As hvavL'S thai cumo to woo. they l>rought Of furry skins and wampniu-hraid, The costly gifts of forest-art ; Sutdi as might win the torest-maid — Might ili;iriii and win the maiden heart. But not for him from stniuger land Did she the wedding feast prepare ; Oh ! not for him tlie maiden hand Her raven tresses braided fair; The while she crooned this little stave, Crooned to her waiting heart, mi'seemed ; "Oh, ho is h(dd ! Oh, he is l)r.ive ! But not the :\lighty that 1 dreamed."' And oft Tio-to's breast would show Her barky barge that lightly i)ressed ; "While from the glassy piKHHielow She drev/ 0-nox-a"s st'aly breast ; Or patient iixed the tempting bait, Or watched the Sah-wa softly dra'v, Or cast the deeper line to wait Gvciit Uo-di-ah'to"s hungry jaw. XrAU-T.UI-WAyTA. 77 And oft wln-u .Se--\viin l)rif.lit again From far with .sliini,.- n-^.t h,„l como, Slie took .irmit 0-u list's pivL-ious grain And hid it in th.' fniittiii loiiiji ; Mad.' niclh.u- n.ini.I th.- rising speai-s, Or watt-r.-d oft ..a.di springing hhtile, Or joyful I'liKdc...! tJu"]iis<-io„s,.ars, As meet and fit tor Indian nniid. " ^ Or wh.-n th.. Falling-k.af Moon hung Far-silvering o".-r tlu' rustling reeds, ^ What tini.. the Ijlaelvhinl hiithelv'sung, Elate of all th,. ripened seeds; Where hendiiig many a snowy head, Afar the wild i-ice „,.,ii)g stdud, HI. J in her t'h.r-niaun lightly spetl io gather its kernels ripe and <>-,^od. " And oft from ruder lahm- JVeed, \Vith glowing eli.'.d< ami eag.-r tread 8he wan.lered o'er the grassy juoatl To i.ick th.' I)..rries rip., and re.l ; Or through tjie hright.. iiing woo.ls would roam, When wok., the autmun's windy lays; ^^ From th..ne.' th.' I.r..wu nuts In-aring home Tihe hoarde.l lor the wintry davs, i 7S yy.\ii-rAii-\> WTA. Or patient \M(iii;:lit with pridi' iiiid skill llcr iiKifciisiiis of riiiT (lcsi ; Tiiat. at the (liiicf or ( "oMUi-il-placf She too mil-lit staiiil all f lir arrayi'il, With luMjihtciu'd l)-auty"s charm ami .yrai'i' ; As licst Ix'tits the Indian maid. Or wlicn fro, 11 far with shaft and l»ow, 'roil! wood and wild, l!if milters caiiK! With Me-sh i-w ly and 0-kwa-lio, A-meek and Yek-wai — mdilest game, With ready luuid and maiden pridii She deftly stripi>ed e '(di ngly lieast Of furry skin or hairy hide. Cooked lit the meat, and spread the feast. Whiit time, on many a darkened day, The hraves and warriors, dory-erowned. Ciiine bleediMjr fVofti the hattle-fray, Hor e-entle iiii«>ers dressed the wound ; With tender care and (lieerful smile She cduirmed eaeh judiiiiij hriiise. nor vain Ont-watclieil the pulint!; sfars. the while She smoothed uiul soothed the coiuh of [laiii. A-)M//-r.(//-ir.(.v7'.(, 79 ridi' iiinl skill loc-lidti- (iiiill m1 liiif ; cil-pliicc irniycd, cliiiriu iiml "-nii'i' ; h']>y licr sidf, with Icur iiml pain Sho siiw at wliilos pule Famine stand, When fiiilod the liarvost-proniised grain, Her fii'M laid Avaste liy hostile hand,— She careful eked the iailiii-,' store In ways hut woman can devise ; With patient trust her hunger born And all heroic saerifi<'e.™ li't and l)i»\v, liters cauie cwa-lio, est g.mie, dell pride y I least e, ■end till' fi'ast. irkeni'd day, >ry-ti'ii\viied, latth'-tVay. le wiiiuid : ert'ul siiiil'' ruise, imr vain tars, the v.hih' he (•(inch (if iiain. Above the spring-time fhjods that rise, Tht,> Musk-rat b.ulds his winter tent ; So to the forest-nniiden's eyes And mind another sense is lent ; To see beyond each fleeting form, Of all the changeful seasons send. In wind and rain, in cloud and storm, \\ iiat Ihcse may oiiien and jxirtend. Though all iinh'arni'd in lettered lore, She all theiorest secrets knew ; Oi'evei-y heast 'die ciy and roar, The (all of every bird that Hew; She heard ar.ou. without affright, Th lie-zhn s mniiic scream of woe ; The .lit-sho yelping tliroiigh the Jiight, The Jiercely-howling 0-kwa-lio. H^ 80 .V)M//-/-W/-lt I.V'.!. Tlie Wii-wahunkiiiy on the lakf, Far (111 the wave tlic lonely Maliiij,', Tlif 5^o-' I (iiiafkint;' in tin- hrake, The stormy Kcy-oshk's noisy cliin<,f ; Tlif \Va-\V(ni-ais-s'.''s plaint ami cry, Tho «4n'at, War-Kt'-ncn's screech ami scinall, O-mt'-me's plaintive moan and sigh, The Ko-ko-ko-l.o's lonely call. Til F: or F^ or » lie Th... .. Foi No It' Knew every '.ush ami shruh a, id tree, The tlowers that blossomed in tlu' wood; All hi-rl.s, ami what their i)otency, And which was ill and which was good ; A pU-L of all she s.iw so W'.iW I)! ^'at^lre■s heart so immanent, I'Uto her liner sense and e;ir All tliin;',- tlieir deep:'r meanin.-i' lent;. An Had ^ Si le Still 1 N OI .org F, or Wh ost Does He. whose miglity power hestowrf The life of all. great Wa-zha-wand. (Irovyn with his larger honnty, those. From these xvithhohl with stinted haml,- The tril)es and races of mankind ';* Jiear one a l)lessing. one a curse ? Or only do we fail to tind T])e measure ijieet for gifts diverse 'f"* Her She tei She She hn She ( Oil lier For 1 Ami sw yy III,/- iii-\i-.t.\r.t 81 k.., kt', itl cry, mill sciuail, I sigh, Tln' jrivat.T ilolc mi,!,'lii lum ii{jl)nii.l For lai-Mfcss tliiit l.riii..s . lull,. r sense ; J' or ('Very loss sonic reconi|iense ; Jii' that witli visiojH'd eye Jiiay see The .-ihadou- ot'u darker l-ife, Fore-kens the hnjrh.er ilays to he xSo less,— jind is tontent tu wait. ■ id tree, 111' wood ; 'iicy, as g'ood ; f lelil. And many a suitor hold and iice Had with the summers c-me and gone; ^'' ilysaid-^ "It is not 1!.';"— Still patient waited for iiki! owy. ; Nor somher sat as one loilorn, Nor gave to pining sorrow loose ; For what have they of cause to juourii Whose days ai'e girt with h.ve and use ? ■r hestowrf and, V, those, ted hand, - ind ? erse ■' '' Her hands were (,ui(k to gentle deeds, She tendeil kind her failing sire ; She minded ;dl his little needs, She hrought tl. . sticks, she huilt the fire. She cuoked his meat, she nnido him wa'rni, Oil lier liis tottering footsteps leant ; '' For him she hr.ived ihe raging stori.i And ,sweotene.l all wiUi meek content. i .V) ,i//-/.i//-ii .i.vy.i. };('iitlc Jlf.irl I thniij^li micuntfssfil, IJy purest iiiiiidcii pissiDii stirrcil, How liiiil il ihariiicil tlnit ycaniiii;; lircast- Tli.' littl.' soiijj that lati- I lirani 1 That eye had lit niorc softly warm, That (hiM'k IihI owned a ch'cper ;:hi\v, Tliat lieaiiteoiis. lithesome maiden I'orni IJad tremlileij like tlie I'riirhteiied roe. Nor is there mild, nietliliiks, so cold, If she should know at dawning li^dit. That ere \Vo-ne-\v, > iiiaiili'ii t'oriii I'lii'il roc. ks, Ml colli, iiiir liji^ht. 1- fold .st, t.i-iiiyM, ■oiiic to woo, 1» • his ]»ri(k', ter too — •imsoii lived. THE WOOIxXG. Oh! who irith toiii/in' so eloquent To paiiil the ni/iliiri' lorr ilistills, That till-1 thr .s/iiiit'x (//VMM /• tnit With hmith J'liim thr Immorliil Hills If I'lmsioii ! — that is all rvplvte With (hejicsf bliss, with dinst woe, Thjt thrall, thij thrill, thij madm'ss sweet, The heart iiiKut, throbbing, Jed to know. TIIK WOO I NO. i'nt triif ' Hills i ■te rue, iliifsii maeef, to know. MoHK la'iiuh'oiis ill tlif (liiwniiifr light SlioiK! Jluyo-wi'iit-liii's proplu't-fact', Ah smile of Owiiy-iifi) Iniyht Uiid lit anew cadi manly ^n-iac ; His lirow of woi-tliirr piiriidsf sliowed His cyo (,f fcclinj-'s kindling ray ; His vi'i-y sti'p, as forth he strode, Was lighter than of y..stcrday. His ov.'i-y oaiv, his every thought, As ill the greatening morn he stood, Was with Xyfih-tah-wantii fraught, The flower of foivst-niaidenhood. How much may yeiiriiing wish impart Of hopes that after-harvests glean ; And niu( h I trow his manly heart I>id to that gentle damsel lean. 86 Till-: ooixi;. In royal iiiiiiitic riili iirniycd," That lioiglitciii (1 ini,vr liis manly air, That sallowed, iu many a (()-(<'iii hraid Inwovo, tin; Torioisc, Wolf ainl IJcar ; Tu moccasins wi!h tl;(> marvelous hem. In siiowy lcu;',;iis li,':;i!c(l <^r.i;iil. Jhiwi'ouglit \\i!ii ni i;iy a curious jviMiK Wo (rod the Onuiidaii-a ! or Tile de Tin-: wooisa. 87 Illy iiir, •It'iii Id'Mid vA Bear ; ■clous licm. .1. irioiis jii'iiu To wluTi; heside the oinenild flood, And riidiaiit us tlio risiuir innrii, Stood luMiitooiis in Jl,.,- llli|id..llhood, Stood mid tl.o Hummer's siM-inyi.ig ,■,„•„ Tho lov(.]i.'st of forest jiiaids ; To CiUvfill pluck (he w.v.ly siMNU-.., Make mellow round l.'io risiu-- l.jades ; Olild couiitiiio- o;i (];.. iIiH.Mcie.M'v t eaiioc irnuglit, rouglit : de. :r;i, ■;\v<'lliiig lide 11 ..: beaded hem,— The woniiin in her bosom stirred -More than the simple maiden guessed; And of her joy in song of bird Her heart the secret half confessed. 90 TUK WOOING. It'wurnicr lit Avilli fi-cliiig's grace His iiumly flicck, wlu'ii toliis gaze Froiu fiir tlu! boaiitoous inaidou face TiDokcd oil liiiii from tlio .'rrowiiig iiiaizo — ^^'llllt, wonder lie, though calm and wise, Should fc(d the (dd world dance and swim \\ lien on him hcnt those lovcful eyes That, more than j^'eetintr. welcomcl him."'' The while her sire Die freedom gave (M' waiting wigwam's m.;t ;i;,d shade, As warrior lirave to "warrior brave, Apart and silent sat the niii:.'. ; Or lighdy tripjied unto tlie lal.o To Ijriiig him drink with willii:;; fori. Or glad, when he his f.;st would hi-eak, She modest brought ii::d gave him meal. lie from the liowl h's iliir.-t allaj-ed, Xor Avith viiin thanks did her address ; But sitting mute his hunger staj-ed, And rested of his weariness ; Till far and faint alone was lieard The home-wind sighing through the land, The voice of night-awakened bird. And waves h)\v-lapsing on the saud- TiiK wooisn. 91 i grace s gaze idi'U face viiig iiiaizo — •aim and wise, CO and swim iivol'ul eyes 'Icomol liim." Then forth the aged chief lie drew III unforgotten tales, to tell Of warrior deeds when days were hyr. Of braves that in the battle fell ; And still, as one with gifted si>eecli The fit occasion waits, forbore Untimely thence to bring, in breach Of courtesy, his fairer lor.-. loin gave 1 shade, • brave, lal;e ii:g foet, •ould brealv, ■ liini nieai. Yet beauty speaks thro.igli charin and grace Li tongue that silence cannot bind ; So brightly shone his prophet-face With thoughts that lit his wiser mind ; And when the shadows fell that make The cheerful home-tire brighten more, His lips lie loosed ; and as he spake Night listening rapt, contented wore. :, allayed, • address ; ■r sta}'ed, heard igh the land, 'd bird, e sand.. He told in loffy speech and wise Of other wigwams far away ; Of fairer shores that loom and rise Beyond the utmost bound of day; Of hunter-homes, of tribe and band Whore more than sunset glory smiles ; Of Oway-neo's Shining Land, Of Inigorio's Happy Isles. r 93 Tin: wooiso. Of uU tlie gifts thut thence ho hrougi't, Of all the lahors of his hand ; How he the hunter-bow had wrought, Had slain the monsters of the land ; How every beast with cry vnd roar, That crawled or ran or swam or flew, Fell reeking red with dj'ing gore — Fell pierced and wounded through and through. And oi that magic-built canoi', Nor paddle had, nor need of one ; Of wider waves that churmcd and drew Thut mj'stic Chee-maun — on, and on. Of great Ki-ha-tle"s E-wa-yea, Of firther tides that leap and run ; Of Gitche Gumee fiir away, And seas beyond the setting sum. And uU the sacred legends old, The wonders of remotest age : How Mana-bo-v'ho strong and bold, With Manitoo did battle wage ; And when the floods came on the l,i:i;l, Whelmed in the sea the mountains '.ill. The world destioyed ; — whose mighty hand Rebuilt again — repeopled all. THK M'lmsi!^, 93 10 brougl't, wrought, liiiul ; (1 rour, r flow, goro ~ - igli and through. Told of tlie Kerpent huge ami droad That from a tiny reptile grew ; Of her whose hand the arrow sped, Whose shaft the frightful monster slew ; Of dear Winona's darker fate : The maiden who, with heart so brave Than him unknown, unloved, to wed Chose death beneath the darkened wave. lie; il ami (IreAV iiml on. I, *uii ; iti. Told, — so to show, in wedded life, How needful to be mated well,— Of him that took a Bear to wife, And of the ills that thence befeli. And glad they hearkened :- while he spake The listening hours unheeded wore. Oh ! for the storied gift to wake Tiie spell of that diviner lore I la, (1 i.oia, 11 tlic l.i:i;l, ;ain!? '.uW, so miglitv liaml Whatever heights the tongue can reach Of all-cemraanding eloquence, But half IS in the gift of speech, -- For half is in the listening sense ; Unto such ears lie, speaking late, Did all the seals of Knowledge loose,— Knowledge that doth on Wisdom wait To widen life iu Love and Use. u THE WOOINO. Though to her sire uloi.i>IS(K 95 5 spake, kiden xat nod to break r mat, may — ■nt.^' maiden Heark ! warm and true, That hath, like her, such vigil kept, Or ere the morn, of bliss so new. The pain a little stayed, hath slept, Dr«>uming sweet dreams that will not pass— Aye ! from the darkened years ; —to thee Why should I sing ? — to wake, alas ! Too oft a haunting memory. ; the blazft Past days ast ercd word i fall eard And who with tongue so eloquent To paint the rapture love distills, That fills the spirit's grosser tent With breath from the Immortal Hills ? Passioii I that '" :.il replete With deepest bliss — with direst woe, Thy thrall, thy thrill, thy madness sweet The heart must, throbbing, feel to know. ireinng r laid ; se too strong I, I she pressed ; fr eyes, reast — and wise. Or what is said, or all unsaid, But little recks, when fleet and strong, O'er cheek and breast the currents red Run — singing glad a marriage song ; When other heart beats in our own, Disclosing to each keener sense The wealth and being, else unknown, Of beauty's lavish heritance. 96 THK WOOtSO. Enough -. — when Hayo-went-ha came Home from Ti-o-to far away, Enhaloed as with robe of flame, — The Bplendor of love's risen day, His every heightened manly grate Bespoke how well the wooing sped ; Foretold the glory of his face-^ Nyah-tah-wauta he would we•//£■ sung; Like to 0-me-iiii', no/lli/ mirvt, Or iHoiirirf'id as the luiirli/ Muhny At tniduifiht on the sntntmr seus. The lljis eun sit to fuirrsl tunes The lores thut hiulhst hunts iiithrall; woodland Odes I fimst Runes 1 I would I more inii/ht these recall; The Heart's unwritten Melodies. S0AN-.g V.)-yo-h..H-to tlu-ough the glade, S..lUy singing, smiling lingers in the sluule, ilave I >e.'n u lovely niaiilen look nt me ; If she !■■< Nyah-tali-winitii, sb' is pretty, I (.iin see. A„,l ,1... St .vu.nlofs tinkling murmur, rippling, rippling, iSeems to tell ; -Hayo-went-han.m.' to woo Nyiih-tah-wautii, - That IS well." AVii-won-iii "Huyo-wei What the i Uriglitenin If the br To the h( pi I He the Chief <.f ;.ll o'.ir warriors ?-so they say; Vll th- ()N»*ii': HoN-WK People own his sway; ' Seems to n, >, he surely ean't l.e-or. for pri.le He w:.-.M s.. .k some noble Kax-aa,- queenly nnii.len, For his bride. M,ul-je-k.'-wis. in t!ie ce.birs, sighing, sighing, S.'ems to tell : '• Uayo-wi-nt-ha rom.,- to woo Nyah-tah-wauta,— That is well." Simple mai.l Xyah-tah-wanta, but no less Does sh.> bear the heart of Yong--w.>, and would press, AH her own, the mother's darlings to her breast : Ou her dearest Nee-nee-moosh-a-s brave and manly Heart would rest. Dear O-nic- "Hayo-weii I would wei All the to-t( I'airor thi Only Ha) On the lake " Hayo-wcn 1 sos'i nr yy.iu-T.ii/-ir.t.\r.i. m ■ough the glade, lule, le ; V, AVii-won-iiis-se in tlie I.cif Moon sweetly plainting, Heenis io tell ; "lliiyo-went-liacunie to woo Xyali-tah-waiita,— Tli.tt is well." [jpling. rippling, wantu, — they say; sway; for pride queenly maiden, U hat the flower is to the meadow, blooming fair, Brightening all the loni'ly ])laces everywhere, If the bride of Jlayo-weiit-ha, Avould I bo To the heart of Ilayo-went-ha, — to the home lb,' bnilds for me, Dear O-nie-me, in the fir-tree, cooing, eooiiig, Si'i'iHs ({) tell : "liayo-went-lia couk! (o woo Nyah-tah-wanta, — That is well.'' sighing. i-wanta, — less and would press, to her breast : •rave and manly I would weave a royal mantle ; it should bear All the to-tems of liis Nation, passing fair; Kairer than the one I wove him vvlu'n I knew Only Hayo-went-ha, mighty, — not the loving Heart and true. On tlu> lake the l)abbliag So-ra. quacking, quacking, Seems to tell ; "Hayo-went-ha come to woo Xyah-tah-wauta,— That is well." 1 I 103 soM! OF i\)M//-/'.i//-ir.i.vr.i. And whou Scg-wiui Irom the Soiith-liuul comes agiiiii. I would pliiiit the liistidiis O-niist on the pliiiii ; Careful tend the l.lades up-^priuiiing, stir the loam ; Pluek the ripeui'd u^ Hurdcii home A-ro-se-a iu the in-e-tnp chattering, ehattering, Seems io tell : "Hayo-weiit-ha come to wno Nvah-tah-waiita — That is well." When the wigwam; i ; ia- ;Mio\v-mno.i silver shine, I wouhl pouad tlw dainty kernel, pmind it tine; With the fat of Vek-wai mix it, sweetest eake, Make and hake it all so nicely, - all for lIayo-went-ha"s sake. Far the Ka-ka on Yo-non-to cawing, cawing. Seems to tell : "Hayo-went-ha come to woo Xyah-tah-waiita, — That is well." When Kah-sah-git in his .snow-shoes o'er tlv- liill Scatters wide the shining 0-kah, falling chill, Far would iiohle Ilayo-went-ha with his how- Hunt the Mo-sa and the Yek-wai and the fiercer 0-k\va-ho. //-ir.i.vr.i. sox(7 or xy.i/r-T.iiin'AK7 i. 103 uth-liuul cotin's agiiiii, ist on the pliiin ; inlying, — stir the loiuii ; vest ; bi'iir tlif pr(3cii)us lit' •iiig, chiittering, 11: Viih-lali-wiiiitii — i',v-)nno;i silver sluiH' 1-1. piimid it till)' ; i it. sweetest eake, v.- all for -has sal^e. iwiiig. cawiiiu. ell: s \ ah-tah-\vaiita, — -shoes o'er til'- liill ah. falling chill, t-ha with liis how v-\vai ami the fiercer On the wave the noisy Wa-wa, honking, honking, Seeni> to feji .- "Hayo-wenf-ha come to wo„ Nyah-tali-wuntu,- Tliat is well." When the Council-fire wonhl hrighten far awav, Calling Irihe ami hand that proially own his sway, Thither in ]iis magic Chee-niaun wouhl he go ; Ul' his larger mind and wiser in Ins gifted i^l li would show. S.Teuming hold, (ho great \Var-Ke-ne„, squalling Squalling, seems to tell: "Hayo-w,.nf-ha come to woo Xyah-tah-wanta,— That is well."' I5.y tlie wigwam, long ami lonely tliongh I wait ' "'H.Id charm the hours with lahor ; I would mate '^^ Jth my larger love his wisdom's fairer store ; Ami the after-j.iy of meeting, would long parting Heighten more. From tl... wood the Ko-ko-ko-ho. hooting, hooting, Seems to (ell : " riayo-went-ha come to woo Nyah-tah-wanta,— That is well." lO-l SoSd "/•' SVAII-TAH-WAKTA. And, — joy ! if I should bear liiin, so requite Mighty love with gifts so worthy, sous of might ; Hiippy they in such a father ; as they grew I wouhl teach them to be ever noble warriors, Brave and true. Great Pa-hin-da, in the fcnland. croaking, croaking, Seems to tell : "Hayo-weut-lia come to woo Nyah-ta-vvauta, That is well." ir-i enough for me the casing of his care ; He would call me always kindly, think me fair; And for all tlu^ love 1 bear him, I would find Something of his wiser being shining in my Darker mind. Far Tio-to's Idllows lapsing, softly bipsuig. Seem to t;ay : ^'Hayo-weut-ha come to woo Kyah-tah-wauta,-r E-wa-yea."' r.lS'TA. 1, so requite sons of might ; they grew jble warriors, oiikiiig, t-roiiking, i-tu-wautu, his care ; hiulv nie fair; I would iiud lining in my ,• hipsuig, ih-tah-wauta,- THE BRIDAL. 11 I I I Ojoy all other joy ahorc I Ko other Joy nurpassith this, Thefairi'st gift to mortal — Lore. Oh, foretaste of Immortal bliss By lowhj maiihtt heart possessed! Nor hers uhme : The great ami u-ise Do own irithin a deeper breast That Ilearcn is in loving eyes. ^10 THE lUilDAL f — Lore. 'jliss Dssessed ! t ami icise >re((f>t yes. What tiin.- tlif Fiilliiij):-lciit' Moon Inmir Her f'iiiiitcst ( n'scciit on tlio nKv, Wlu'li to till' woods tilt." lloiiK'-wiin! suiiy A swct'tly sootliiiiuf lullal)y ; He, Hyo-wciit-liii, rich iu-raycd 111 royal luaiitlc, woven lair, VVlierc hriyiit in many a to-teni Lraid Slioiie tierce the Tortoise, ^Volf and iJear ; In snowy leggiiis headed .ij^raud, The moccasins with the inarveh)us hem, Upon his Itreast tlie wanipiim-hand Inwrought with iiiiiny a ciirioiH gem ; As musing on tliat dearer IVieud, Or chance a (h'e|)er thought lie horo Of lite, its duties, aim and end. — Trod proud th«> Oiiondiiga shore. 15 ^ fr r 108 Tin: run DAL. And likt' the rising morning grew The liirgcr hrigiitnr.s of Iris t'iuc, VVIicn at till' (lawn ln' canif and drew If is Clu'K-nuinn from its hiding-plac-t^ That, i'.s with yearning heart elate, The springing tide more lightly i)ressed- Daneed on the wave, as loth to wait To hear him on his loving quest. It erst liad nniny a storm withstood ; Had home him in tha days hefore To slay the monsters (jf the flood — Great Ke-ka-dah-nong on the shore ; And far on many a stranger sea : Wherever most might knowledge loose Her sacred seal, or glory he ; lint now should prove its iH)bler use. It parts the shore : — Lo ! sapphire-lit, Swift on the rippling wave it drew ; As o'er the mere the shadows flit Of clouds that sail the summer blue ; The parted waves like rubies showed, More softly lapsed the sighing marge ; The kindling dawn more golden glowed, A warmer wish impelled the barge, Tin: iii!ii>M.. lOO % grew iicc, ' uinl drew jf-pliH-t' ; it flute, ;ly pressed - li to wait est. The White Swan sin-ing .„, th.- lake Unto liis ear nu.re j(n .nis sang ; More sweetly sad fr..ni out Tlie l.ruke The moaning of the lonely Mahng; The soaring K.-neu's seree.h and squall, llie \Va-I)e-\vawa honking near, The soaring K,.y-o.shlv"s harsher eall Seemed mellowed to liis tharmed ear. itlistood ; 'foi'e ■ flood — shore ; r sea : [•dge loose ler use. A music shook the .,ni..t air Like tinkling hells of silver sound; The glimmering 1,1,,,. o-er-I„.nding there Seemed with love's holi-stcirelet hound. ' AH Xatiireis hut (Mitu-ard Man ; He hears alone the melodies Within his hreast; nor other than The beauty in his soul he sees. ' wore, AVhile to her weary task she lieiit. To Hayo-went-ha more and more Her heart in tender V('arniii<>:s went. But when heyoud the pel»hly nnirge Again, with love delijjhted eyes, She saw afar that mystic harge. Saw Hajo-went-ha great and wise ; — Forgetting nil loves care and smart. What rare delights her hosom swayed I What rapture thrilled that gentle heart- Fell like a mantle on the maid ! Ilh' lililhM.. Tin: itinh.iL. Ill Dils liiT little cure T liiisoiii-imiii, imiili'ii liosdiiis hear : lu't'-iuaiiii ((iiiic iif^aiii ; nil from the fiiircr shore? oiicly wait V iit-hii roiuc iKJ more — lie is jireat '^ ' Ami if beside the waitiiij,' sea Her pulse a deeper joy confessed To mark that Chei'-niann speeding' f,-,.,.,. Oh ! how divine a jieiue and rest The maiden liox.ni t»wned, when near She saw him l»y the wi^^wiun stand ; With liim the mat aj^^ain to share, ; Ami (dasp asrain that dearer hand. neo hijih aliove. wly maiden, pray ; keej) in tli\' love. — ived one. r.ir away. " '' le morninji" wore, ■ary task she hent. :-1ki more and more der ycarninjfs went. tmd the p(d)hly marge ' delighted eyes, hat mystic harge. -ha great and wise ; — loves care and smart, hts her bosom swayed ! thrilled that gentle heart- le on the maid ! i J Witli something of the old. n tire Of O.NfRK Ifo.VWK'slofly mood, Uprose the maiden's aged siie To friendly greet hi.n where he stood ; To m;ike for llayo-w.-nt-h i {w^i The wigwam's fairest couch and rest ; With i)ipe and meat and courtesy Give welcomi' t:» his nidde guest." And charming all the twilight .shade, Of deeds of other day.s they tell Of hunter dntse o'rr hill and glade, Of braves that in the battle fell ; And all the liorae-delighting tales,— Till by some saddened memory crossed, Untinished, late the .story fails,— Still mu.siiig on the loved and lost. 112 rut: litnitM.. Wliili- she, tin; iiniidfii, siit apart Content to st'i' till' hour prolonji', Sat Mijtly crooiiiiiK t<> ''♦'i' li^'iu't Soint'stavo of lovi'-awiikmrd soii},'. And so till' ilarknt'ss nion- and more Tosili-ncf fi'll, till all was still, Savt' wavi's low-lap ag on the shore And \Va-\von-ais-si''s plaint ing shrill. Hut. wlu'u till' nitAht was .iviTpassi-d, When ri'stcd of his woarlnt'ss And hi' again had liroko his fast, — As he would all his heart, nrnfess, From out his Chee-niaun forth he bore And wide the costly treasures s|)read, Sueh .1^ might friendship heighten more, And Havo-weiit-ha. speaking, said: "As is our people's eustoni, so I bring you gifts ; such gifts as be Not all unworthy ; yet 1 know What in return I ask of thee The richest boon can never buy ; In more than friendly bond allied, I seek in these love's dearer tie — I seek this maiden for my bride." 77//; in.lhM.. im IS .ivtM'inwsi'd, (' Ills fust, — , l-lUlt't'SS, nil lortli ln' bori' ■iiin's sprciid, lip lu'ightt'ii mori', king-, siiul: "Tiikr Iht. O ll;iy..-\v..iit-liii: — Hhe Is all tliiii.. .nvii." lir.|M.k,. |„.,.sin.; "I sc.M'ii not ujfts liketliiiM. t.. m.-, Hut low is MiMiv thiui vain d.-sir... Otak.. Iht! slir will witi, \\ jr„: Aji.l ui(i.|;,-ui>.. Ii. riMMrt s|,„!l Immi- Til.' Main., and Liiii,. fjinii ,|,,sf iH-stow, And worthy (lion of hrido so fair."' itoni, so ;^ifts as b would .piestion so, <»r (hioiinh the rising mist of tears l'"ill-ionkillg ilitoeyrs (hat glow And bright.Mi from tli,- vanishrd years. 114 TIIH III! I DAL. Love ! tlidii Iciidst ii lici. Transfigured, waits the nuptial morn ! I niKir.. Tin-: DUIDAL. 115 ;t ii lici rapturp-liiirdpiied blue, And (lancing with love's I'airy feet, The twinkling O-jis-hon-da drew, Peeped — conscious of love's secret sweet; Wo-ne-da, winging o'er the wold. Clasped in the yearning arms of Night, Put back her bosom's cloudy fold, Made crimson with the new delight. The Avood througji all its leafiness Stood — thrilled with nniiden tenderness The yeiniiing sea returned the kiss. And Ijluslu'd, of Morning's fond caress. The bri(hd waves ecstatic swam, Lapsed fainting on the loving shore ; The Zepliyr. bearing nectar-balm. Fell, drunken with tiie bliss it bore, — As forth they wandered Inuid in Inind. Ai)proved })y Nature's mother-heart, Love well had wrought the nuptial band,- What more might solemn rite impart ? If love the wetlding feast prepare, Love at tlie marriage banquet wait. More than the priestly hand is there; The very air is consecrate. 1 Ipiiod blue, iry f'l'ct, -ilii drew, s secret sweet ; tlie wold, as of Night, udy fold, f delight. leafiiiess Ml tciidcnu'ss d the kiss, fond caress, swum, iig shore ; tiir-balm, < it ho re, — land ill liaiid. ler-heart, le nuptial hand,- ite impart ? pre|)are, et wait, md is there; TH!E AFTER-DAYS. Flower of Lore ! though iciklling born, Your loirly hudti that hlasnom free Do ''air the tree of I iff ailorii, That else had been a barren tree. Though frag ranee sweet beyond romputc Is thine, and beauty passing praixr, More 2>rfcinus far the ripened fruit We garner in the After Days. ih ivihlUng born, m free nru, tree. ')ei/on(l rompute inedfruit IS. Til!': Ai' .'i:iM).VYS, \N IIKK--; .-lu'iill'r i:;.,' ;i j lyo is tllill Went ^'o-vo-!io;i-t() o;i it.; way, \\ iicrc (1.1 i'l,; iiight-wind's )i,^ 111" ii'' Ciini!' lip 'l'i-()-t(i".s '■ E-\va-yt',i."' Tlici-c. Itfiiiilcous u\\ the oriissy sfniii I And ):i\;r licsiilc ;!i,; shcltt'i-iiio- wood, And wrought l-y Ifayo-wcnt-lia's liaiid. Tilt' i>(',v-!)iii!t wijrwaiii l)i-ii>litlv stood. And patient toiled he many a day AVith siiiew-striii;^ and harky tlion<;-, ^Vitli loop iiiul seain and stittdi and stay. Intent to make it firm and stronji. Then forth he went with shaft and l)ow And many a liairy skin he hore. Of Yek-wai and of 0-kwa-ho, And softly matted all tlie lloor. (8 r 120 Tin: Ai'Ti:ii-i).i vs. 'It* clianii iiiiil •^iiiiril liis liumc and place Its l)ai'ky siilrs lie pictiii'cil lair ^^ itii t.i-a'iiis (if Ills iiaiiii' ami raci', — • \\ licii' licrcc till' Toitoisi', VVolf and Ht'iir Hi.uli (1.1 i! i li:;iky tovcr sjiouc ; Macli i\';;' aiid syuilxd, siicli as tlicniM! The j.:n :•.'. ly wise may draw aloiu' 'I'lic r.ivst('r\' ( r llic Iiiddcn sense. And there l.e ])r(niglit the ajjed sire, And there N3'ah-tah-\vanta came ; S /Hike tlio sticks, she built the fire,- AVhile sweeter than the crackling flame The ^l);lg that murnuired in her heart. So overfull of love's unrest. Oh ! love can wake the songful art That slumliers in the rudest breast. Glad wore the days, with joy allied, Of IIayo-v,e;it-ha"s hunter-life ; And she that v. as a beauteo\is bride More bcautcor.s ripeiu-d to the wife ; And if at whiles o'erwearied })ressed The feet the household burdens bore, It sweetened more the after-rest ; Love-lit, the Home-fire brightened more. vs. Till-: M'Ti:ii-i>.{ Ys. 121 lioiiii' and pliice I' iiinl ract', — • Woli' and IVar .i j'.s\ Or, with tlie housewife's frugal cure, Kiir through the forest's wiudy ways She roauR'd, the falk-u nuts to bear And garut-r for the wiutry days ; Or ill th(; woods the sticks would brtiak And bear tlieiu to her lowly door, To cook the Mosa-uieut, and make The cheerful Home-tire brighten more. While liiiyo-went-ha wore the day In following with his shaft and bow The lofty-ant lered Me-sha-way, Or fiercely-liowliug 0-kwa-ho ; The snowy \Vau-bos, tender-eyed, The Jit-sho with the wary tread, The Ne-jig with the sleeky hide. The shagged Yek-wai, prowling droaxi. She watched the midnight-brooding star Chased by the dawn, and unafraid Save but for him, whose feet afar Still in the hunter-chase delayed ; Or in his Chee-maun fleet and free, That willing went and willing came, Borne lightly o'er the foaming sea Where, waiting, lit the Council-flame. TlIK Ah'TEIl-hAYS. 126 ugal care, ily ways s to bear iiys ; would brtiuk door, id iiuike liteii more. > the day iiid bow -way, o; ler-eyed, read, y liiJoi Ww* dread. t-brooding star lafVaid eet afar ayed ; b and free, ng came, ming sea ncil-flame. When from the Council Fire returned, lie rested on his couch and mat. Tlie cheerful blaze more brijilitly burned; When by its kindling llame he sat Or shone the robe so newly wrought On llayo-went-ha's manly breast, Like that the bridal morning brought The joy the wifely heart confessed. And more the m( sir, with strangers free.' 'O loveliest 1' he answered t'uir, Obedient child, you need not tear ; How worthy of such parent's care ! 1 a?u a relative, my dear. 'i lie maid'Mi grew ither's pride ; iihles kn(nv, )or plied ; isk was done, ries old, uld prattle on — i.her told. "*0f yours, aud only wish to send A word to those we love ; — stay !' He said, 'I am your dearest friend. Indeed I — come down to me. \ jiray.' She, at his flattering address. Forgot her mother's good advice; And drawing near, that Hare, alas ! Was torn and eaten in a trice." '.a *; 128 ^'W^' AFTER-DATS, She told of love the tender tales ; Of him that journeyed far und, high, Sou of the Evening Star that trails A glory down th.: western sky :— -0- ^'Osseo wrinkled was and old — All for an Evil Manito ; But he was good and wise and bold — His was a tender heart and true. "And Oweenee, the lovely maid, She all her lovers turned away, Though decked with beads and wampum-braid And young and brave and painted gay. "They laughed when she Osseo wed — Laughed at his feeble step and slow ; But ' 1 am happy,' still she said, And who is foolish you shall know,' " Osseo wrinkled was and old ;— He hid him in a hollow tree ; When forth be came a youth, behold \—r Jso other youth so fair as he^ DAYS. THE AirhR-fKlVa. ]l>? snder tales ; ["ar unJ, liigh, Star that trails rn sky : — "Oh, none iiuK'i-d did cvt-r know Such straight and tall and handsome man, With all the fleetue.ss of the Roe — With all his strength come back again ! nd old — • wise and bold — and true. "Alas I the magic witchery That unto him .such beauty lent, Made her, his dearest Oweenee, Decrepid, wrinkled, old and bent, vely maid, ed away, beads and wampum-braid and painted gay. " Yet spake Osseo words of cheer ; He called her still each tmder name, He called her Nee-nee-nioosh-a dear- He called her sweetheart all the same, she Osseo wed — step and slow ; still she said, u shall know,' "Though they, the Evil Powers, did mar Her every feature, he could see Within and shining like a star, AH lovely still, his Oweenee. and old ; — w tree ; e a youth, behold [—^ r as be, "And with a cry he broke the spell : Lo ! all the Avrinkled ugliness Fell from her — like a garment fell,- Left only beauty's charm and grace. 130 Tjn: Mrt:i{-i>AYs. "But iill tlit^ lovers, sisters, they That ilouteil, jeered and spake lier ill, Were chaiigeil to liirds luul flew awaj', Anil ill the woods are sinjiiiig still. "While like tiie iiiorii that iiijjht illumes, Was Oweencc, so lovely grown ; Or like the Swan with glistening plumes, So new her snowv kirtle shone. "Her liowls i: ,) loiigrr •w.M'e of wood. Her kettles all like silver sliowed ; The liurky ].).!,re t!::it gKniinering stood, Like flaming \\ings, it swayed and glowed. "Then heard they far-olT voices call, That through the twilight tender fell : 'The niagi(! spells are hroken all, — Come, in the Stars ininiortid dwell.' "And lo ! the wigwam rising free, Went speeding through the ether far ; Till with Osseo, Oweenee, It rested on the Evening Star. A YS. THE Arn:rt-n.iYs. 131 •s, thoy [jiikt! lier ill, iiiul flew away, ring still. "No more to wrinkl.-.l grow and die. No more in weary toil to pine; To dance and si.ig-not weep and cry To like the starlight glow an.l shine." at night illumes, rown ; ^flistening plumes, '»», I'ar seeking fairer booii Hmn is the iiohh-st gilt of mon,- losco, to the sun and mooi, That journeyed, and returned again; Of all the wonders that he saw, The strange- adventures that hefel', Of every mighty Manito That helped or hindered, she could tell. 18 132 TUi: AFTER-DAYS^ Of the Magician's Daughter ; she, The Reel Swan, whose gay plumage leut A gh»ry to the hmd and sea ; Who, when his magic arrows spent. Still on and on the hunter "rew And all his manly courage tried ; Until, so brave was he and true, He won the maiden for his bride. And ■^i the sliiniug Stone Canoe, Wherein the liapless lover passed Into the Land of Souls, and saw The maiden he luid nwurned, — the rest That waits on all tlie good and brave,— Land whore no parting is or pain ; Returning thence across the wave He trod this darkened Earth again. • Of Kwa-sind, Mana-bo-zho's friend. So strong that mighty rocks he threw ; Who freed the rivers, cleared the land, And A-meek, King of Beavers, slew. Who for his pride of strength and might, For all his pride and boasting vain. Was slain, alas ! in hate and spite— By little mean Puck-Wudj-ies slain. 'A\ THE AFVE/i-DAra, m ter; she, jliimage leut ea ; vs spent, !r rew tried ; id true, bride. Of him that, fijating all too long, Changed to 0-pee-ch"'> —gaily sings Till all the grove is loud with song,- So happy in the gift of wings. Of the Foam Woman, Pee-ta-Kway, The Moccasins that enchanted draw i Of her the Fairies stole away — The lovely maiden Lee-lj-uau.* e Canoe, passed and saw ed, — the rest od and brave, - or pain ; ! the wave th again. And more, as grows th« kindling .lawn, In beauty grew the little maid ; That free and litlu-some as (lie lawn Went dancing throiigli tli.- windy glade; And oft wlien summt-r lnvc/cs fanned Her glowing cheek, afar was heard Her little song, that o'er the land She caroled like a singing bird, zho's friend, L-ks he threw ; leared the land, avers, slew. ;rength and might, ting vain, e and spite — idj-ies slain. And as in stature, more she grew In forest-lore, till passing well She all the marvelous stories knew- More than lago's self could tell. Xor less a maiden heart and kind Her bosom bore, while in her face Shone all the father's wiser mind hit with the mother's tender grace ♦ Iliawathii r.pgcnds, by H. li, Scnooi.cnArr. 134 rm: Arn-.-fi-o.irs!. Serene the tlaj'.s hud onward flown, The years that only came to bless, And llayo-went-ha great had grown In majesty and noldeness; More wide had spread his projdiet-fanio The Dusky Trihes to lead ami teach ; And many a warrior chieftain came To hearken to his wiser speech. His name o;i every wi d liad flown Wherever dnsky warriors roam ; Yet dearer to his heart had grown The long-familiar p:dhs of home ; Its soothing t(mes th;it gently wake, Still nioiv h;id piwer to (harm and bless ; And i:i his vijice, the while he spoke, Then; uv.eU. a deeper tenderness. And ieachiiig, more liimself had tanght Of all this being's end and aim ; That mighty deeds, with glory fraught^ If fame, is not the noblest fame ; Not triumph in the bloody strife Nor yet to give to pleasure loose. But that the measure meet of life Is Virtue. Wisdom. Love ami Use. r>.i )'.s'. iwiird flown, ; to bless, lit had grown his projdu't-fanio I ami teiicli ; liitjftaiii came speech. il liiul flown s roam ; ; had grown yf lioim' ; ; gently wake, charm and bless ; vliili^ he spoke, derness. THE COUNCIL. inself had tanght lid aim ; ith glory fraught^ ■it fame ; oody strife irc loose, meet of life } and Use. Blest Otray-neo high above, Thou onhf mighty, all in all, 0! Thou that art Immortal Love, Must bear us or tve faint and fall! 01 give us more of trust to feel In Thee; Thee more to understand; To see in all, or woe or weal, Thy presence and thy loving hand. THE COUNCIL. As if too mudi iiiight )>liss endear This all tooHiuickly passiiig lift., Erelong to Hayo-wcnt-lia's ear Came rumors of War's ruthless strife ; The fell Aljronqnin warriors fierce With war-ax red and angry bow Had come ; their savage yells did pierce The very home of Manito, And lo ! afar the lurid streaks From flaming wigwams lighted past; While Kax-aa"s cries and Yong-we's shrieks Dread mingled with the awful blast. A sorrow Avail that, east or west, Or north or south, still onward swept, And kindled in each dusky breast The fiery soul that long had slept. 138 THE roi-yriL. And forth at llayo-weiit-lm's cull Tho widcly-sciittiTt'd cliifftains came, WluTf ft'arfiil shoiii' iiijiht's {floomy pall, Lit with till' niiirlity Coiimil-Hamc— " Far kiiidli'il oi- Yci-iioii-to, high Ahovt; tliu <)ii<):id;i;,'a Hixid ; Brijiht flariiii; <>ii the midiiijfht sky, Illuiiiiiig liill and wave and Wdod. Thn'f (lays that l«'iw of ncdde state ; But sat he mute, in sorrow howed — The presage of a darker fate. His breast an evil omen bore. Foretelling he no more should eome Back frc»ni the foiineil-placo, nor more ^^e ghuMened by the smiles of home. 1 i IT.. THE COVXCIL. 139 t-lm's cull t'taiiis fiime, fiht's {gloomy pull, uil-tliimc— " -t(», high I; lidiiight sky, 1(1 wood. In fitting words, nor overbold, To him they .spake ; how, burning dim, Tiie CoiiUfil still di'liiyi'd ; they told What mighty cliicftuiiis waited him ; What braves the fitTccr fW.. Iiad slain; How women wept and .liildrrM mourned; Till ])itying so his P.M)ph."s pain, Or he his lighter sorrow seorned, -light hud shone irriors wore ; ited lone lore, u> ; and fleet I (lie chase, flying feet, neil-pluci.'. Or bowing to the will (.f Fate,— Uprost' ; and not as one iM-relt, But with a iirmer step date ; And on that m.iuly face was l,.ft, Of augui bed thought, nor trace nor stain; But with the olden fire inibucl — The scorn of fear, the scorn of pain Of Onguk Honwe's lofty mood. -iKU" bolil and proud J state ; rrow bowed — fate. 11 bore. liould come -place, nor more les of home. Bright in the morning's dawning light Shone Hayo-went-ha's Prnphet-fuce, As it some passion's stormy might Had lit and left a fiery trace ; His brow of mighty purpose showed, His eye of valor's kindling ken ; His very .step, a.s forth he strode, Was haughty, as of kingly men. 19 140 '/•///•; iorycii,. And fortli iigaiii the wondrouH barge From out its sn r.-t pliut' lit> Itnm^lit ; Hoiv sottly t<» tilt' iM'l)l)ly jiiiirKf Thargu > lir<)ii}{lit ; iiiiirg*' wrought, — Maiiito, liul noil)*, nl (I row I it on ; Ah if with warrior-pride dato, Or r.'ll Hj.;iiii love's t'onlity heart,— its grief allayed— With all the greatness of the past Again refurncd, culm as before Stood ()n'(U K Honwke's noblest Chief,— The Council ciilled ; remembering more His stricken I'eoi)le's greater grief. TTis royal munlle. wove and wr(»nraves that round him wait. Nor token shi)wed of grief or dread, Sat — greatest of the chieftains great. With grave intent he listened long ; Heard many a fiery speaker tell Of all his People's woe and wrong, Till twilight's deepening shadows fell. F-skin robe arrayed, eagle crost, i, — ils grief allayed — ss of the past Im as before :e's noblest Chief, — ; romeiiibering more 1 greater grief. wove iiud wvoiight r ice a;id !i line, a glory caught, eil-kindled flame ; Portoise, Wolf, anil Bear •r, as in a oage kvere prisoned there, d their fiery rage. ith kingly tread, hat round him wait, I of grief or dread, e chieftains great. t he listened long ; speaker tell s woe and wrong, ning shadows fell. Tui: coc.wiL. Then rising, brief he spoke ; he said : — "Whom the Great Spirit Jiath bereft, Again — nor all uncomforted — Before you stands. Of blessings left Than of the lost, ho that is wise Takes more account ; the ills of F..te Blest are to him whose heart relies On love of Oway-neo great." And-" What ye spake, brav, , I h,ive heard. Haste is not meet ; whoso is wise Weighs all, and finds the fitting word; — Nor yet too late. To just appraise What in our need piay profit, seek Ye counsel of to-morrow's sun ; Again will llayo-went-ha speak. He that has said it, — he is done."' Tlie slow-departing day luus fled, The shadows deepen on the land Where, all unvexed of coward dread, Hope-girded waits that noble band Of warrior braves ; their faces lit Fierce, like the flames that pale and glow As watching late, they wary sit Around the camp-fire, blazing low. 151 152 TlIK COVNCIL. And silence with the Lrooding night Falls like a nuuitle over all, Save where along the rocky height Is heard the Ko-koko-ho's cull ; The soaring Wa-wa's honking clang, Or mournful on the farther sea The crying of the lonely Mahng, Or wavea low-lapsing minstrelsy. 1 S'CIL. brooding night • all, ; rocky height no's cull ; I honking clung, ther sea iicly Mahng, liuatrelsy. S P E E C^ II — OF — HAYO-WENT-HA. 1 ft ,- i, Made potent ulth Ihf in i;/ lit of t^/ieerh Tlwiii/ht liolils the k>!/.s (if Pintiiii/; And borne onjiei'ij lijis niiii/ reach And mold the Ages tjet to be. WhuHo ran sfieiik- the /illiiii/ word When diirhlii Ihieatenimj jieriln niiit, Jli.t lonffiie in inif/htier than the sirord To shape a Satiou' s future Jute, ! the uiUjIil (if Speech h'lfn of Ihnliiil/; fij li/is 111111/ reach t jilt to he. \- tliijilllii;/ irnrd itiiiiHi) )ii'ril/i unit, i/htirr than the mrord 's future J'uti. ^s^BP L SPEEni OF IIAYO-WENT-IIA. Ho ! MY F'eople ! — all >-,. hands ! Onouk Ho.vwk's ffrt'iitnoHs prove. He that now before yon stainls Lovfs yon witli u iiitlicr's love ; Love thiit \vron<,'s Ntill more endear, Wnnijrs this ;,rri.'viii-WEN7-HA. re me stand, Ige and name, trilte and baud, n aim, iatni'ss grow, — rts appall ; his our foe all,— far have come, ! — The same ome ; ime and fame ; r valor prove, Iraid, — heart of love, iiat and shade. gn to-day, see tie-fray brothers be. nd ye reach id or fall ; )f each of all. SPKKVH OF n.iyo-irtjxr-HA. Lo ! this mantle that T ])oar, Mark the hem that glitters so ; In each fold, bright woven there, See our warrior to-tems show ! Part the thongs that interlace, All this beauty, wondrous wrought, Parted from its use and place — Many a piece — the thing were naught. Now, alas ! my people all Like the separate pieces show ; Severed still, they can but fall ; Strength nor use nor beauty know. But by loving bond and thong, Wove, as is this wondrous vest, Tlien a People great and strong And by Oway-neo blest. Round this Council Fire to-day "^Ve may shape the future fate Of the tr'bes. that severed, stray. To a Nation wise and great. Singly we can never cope With these fierce Algonquin bands ; Union is our only hope — tJnioij of our liPiirts and hands. 157 i=,I 158 SPEECn V /•' llAYO-WE}fr-HA, Ours a common cause raust be ! But one hope all liearts inspire ; But one name, one destiny, But one pipe, one Council Fire, But one war-club must we know. Wielded by one common hand ; One war-cry, one warrior-bow, But one home, one conimon land ! Brothers ! liearken what I say ! Hayo-went-ha's words are good ; Union is our hope to-day — All our hope in brotherhood 1 If you wise my {'ounsel heed, Of the foe that now wi* fear Soon shall all the laud be freed. Ho ! each separate Tribe give ear ! Mohawks, — Ye, whose footstep lightly treails Where the Great Tree branches wide Far its greening shelter spreads ; Ye who in its shade abide ; Ye whose hearts are bold and free, Ye whose arms are mighty' all, Sha". among the Nations ha First to wake the Council-call. cause raust be ! earts inspire ; ne destiny, Council Fire, b must we know, mnion hand ; i Avarrior-l)ow, common land ! en what I say ! jrds are good ; i)e to-day — Dtherhood i ounsel heed, iV we fear e land be freed. Tribe give ear ! ep lightly treads !'ree branches wide- shelter spreads ; e abide ; are bold and free, mighty all, Nations be Council-call. SPEECH or ii.iyo.frhwr-H.i. Onondagas, — Ye, wliose habitations nigh By the Great Hills peaeefii! keep ; Near by Yo-nond, beetling jijgh, Shadowed by its cragged steep ; For in tbat in yon T see In you all — tJie gifted speeeli, Yours the second pbu:e sball b,- Great to lead aiid great to teach. Senecas, — ^ (', wbcsc r over-bold, Shall yon great in Council rise. Fourth your place in Council liold. 159 IfiO Ca!Jii;/its,- sri:r:r/f of n.iYO-wEST-nA. Ye whose homes are l)uil(U'(l nigh | Where the open country lies ; Ye wliose wigwiinis, wide and high, 8how a skilll'iil hand and wise; Vk)V in this, that in your fiehls Mud; of corn and beans I see, Tliat y(tiir piitient hibor yields, Fifth sh.ill in t!:e Council be." Brothers I that It.'fore me stand, Though of many a l()dge and name, Though of iiiauy a tribe and band, One in hope and one in ianie I hi this ))on ; rour fields us I see, iboi" yields, icil be." IV nie stand, l«t> and name, h-ilic and l)and, II lame I be: hearts afraid ; and free, I'ade. ?ble hands are ; tered bands M'ywhere, alliance lend ; >i fall, d a friend all, SPEECH or i/.tru-irj-.-yr-ifA. May He, Oway-neo great, Smile upon your Council-Hame, And Ills blessing on you wait- Heighten more your nol)le fame ; May you dwell, your sorrows piissed, Happy in the hunter-ehase ; And your foot-steps tread at last Inigorio's Shining Place. But dissevered, evermore On you shall the fiery frown Of the angry Spirit pour ; War and famine darken down Over all your goodly land, Now the land of noble braves ; And 3^our wigwams ruined stand,— Ruined — by dishonored graves ! Often, in war's wild array, Shall your dread Algonquin foe Come — as he has come to-day— Filling all the land with woe. ■ Or, again, more fierce and bold, Come tho Adirondack fell, You — !is from your homes of old Frcm this fairer land expel." 161 162 SPEECH or ll.iY()-\\ EST-llA. And no bnivo that cowurd bleeds Shall the after-days reoull ; All ytmr mighty fame and deeds In the war-storm jierislied all ! Till on every land and shore Where your children joyous throng, Shall your names be heard no more In the dance and in the song. Brothere I hearken what I say !- Hayo-went-ha's words are good; Union is our hope to-day — All our hope in IJrotheihood ! If l>y (liis, my counsel, led Chooso yo by to-morrow's sun ; Hayo-went-ha. he has said — Hayo-went-ha, he is done. ^^ V li'o-U EST-IIA. it cowiird l)Ieeds 1 reoiill ; fame iiiul deeds crishcd all ! d and slioro ?ii joynus throng, 5 be heard no more I the song. pn what T say ! — rds are gootl ; le to-day — otheihood ! )r.iisel. led )rrow"s siin ; e has said — s done. ^^ \ HAYO-WENT-HA'S MOUKNING. ! Who iella of L\fe the Morij through. Must of its gloom and shadow show; Who sings of Love in numbers true, Must wake at whiles a song of woe. ^0 heart in any hunmn breast In any land, in any age, The noblest born, the lowliest, But bears a tear-dimmed sorrow-page. 1 -*j 4 lory through, udow show; numbera true, mg of woe. n breast owliest, I sorrow-page. HAYO-WENT-IU'S MOURNING. To THK Midnkjht's bioutliug star Brightly Oiiondiiga shows ; On Yo-non-to's suniniit far Faintly dim the watch-firo glows ; l(KU' the Ko-ko-ko-ho's call Echoes tioMi the rocky steep ; Hoarse the Wa-wa's honkiiigs fall Sad along the lonely deep. Lo! npou the shining sands Hayo-went-ha lingers late ; Lone the mighty Chieftain stands, Brooding dark his sorrow great ; On his royal mantle fair Sparkles many a costlj gem ; 0-jis-hon-da brightly there Twinkle in each beaded hem. inyi)-»'i:si-u.i s ytvCBSisa. Like II dirge, the sorrow-moan That tilt! iiijjlit-hirds, wakin<^, sing To his angiii^htnl Im'itst alone. Clear tliu dew-drops ju'arly eling, Glistening- on each sliruh and tree ; Tears are tliey l)y Nature shed, — Tears of loving sympathy For the dear, untimely dead. Through the moonlight falling faint Where the deeper shadows gloam. In the \Va-\vo:i-ais-se's plaint Hears he still the voice of home; Hears he a lamc'ut and sigh 1m the y.ephyr. winging on ; Like his darling's (iyiii'.i cry Seems the sighing of the Swan. On hi! Wends in deeper care, Pensive on the lonely trail ; Lo ! he startles, — what is there ? And his cheek is wan and p.ile ; — Now is seen — and now is gone, — Vanished — like the little maid. It is hut the frightened fawn Springing in the dusky shade. ^ Mornyis'a, >rr()W-moan , waking, Hing trcast alone, [u'jirly cliii-,', sliriil) and tree ; itiin; shetl, — iiipatliy \y (lead. iliuflit i'alliiif? faint aildws jrloani, --se's plaint ice (if home ; and sigh ing on ; (iviiiii' cry f the Swan, ■eper care, y trail ; what is there ? a and p.ile ; — I now i -i gone, — little maid, tened fawn sky shade. HAVO-iyEST-UAii .MOl'UNiyG. Slowly, a.s in anxious quest, With a measured step he strid(>s ; Greatly heaves his mighty hreust, As a mighty grief it hides. Now he stalks with mournful gaze Far ahmg the pel.hly strand ; Now his trouhled feet he stays On the blood-besprinkled sand. There still lies the awful bird. Wide its broken wings are spread : Now his deeper soul is stirred. Grieving for the loved one dead ; To his yearning fatherhood Now he bows his lofty prid,. ; Now is loosed the anguished flood Where the beaut('(ms maiden died. Low he bends upon the sands Red with many a crimson stain ; Now he wrings his brawny hands In his deepening grief and pain ; Tears that at their fountain stayed Water all the griussy plain — Pouring for the little maid He shall never see again. M7 108 HA )(y-i»/;.v/-// 1">' Minns'is'ii. Now lit' ill IiiH sorrow crit's Till tilt' woods with HorrtJW wake, On the ni},'lit-\viiul wji'Js uml sigha As liis loving hi'iirt wtmld lireak; Till tilt' lowly listt'iiiiig sea AnswtTs fVtdii its liirtlur idiort'; "Woe is nif ! Oh, vnv is nie ! — Wri{yi.\'o, l«: Hark I — ill miiny a si^h uriil luoaii,- Oh. alas I tliat lie must reak — Oh, the darkened at'ter-tlays I If to go is sorest grief, Not to go — it deepens more; Who can give her pain relief, Waiting on that tronbled s'ore ? Watching throngh the lonely day Through the lonely night in vain. For the loved ones far away, She will never see ugaiu. ip I F'a 170 H.iYO-WEST-llA S MOVRSISG. Nol)ler soul ! Though uncontrolled Is the woe thy liosoiu knows ; In its iinguish unooiisolod, In each loving tear that flows, For the loved ones pouring free ; In thy nierced and bleeding breast, In its pulse of agony Is thy greatness more confessed. Oh. methinks the mighty "heart Bravest in tlie battle-strite, Sorrowed, t'cels a keener smart ! He that 'rirds a ludde life. He that deeds heroic dares, Deeds that most do greatness prove, — Beeper pain his bosom bears. Throbbing with its larger love. Yet shall he, so sorely pressed By the evil luuid of fate. Owning in a deeper brea-st Love of Oway-neo great, Soonest in the darkened years Yield the pain of ills that throng, To the medicine of tears, — In the Faith Immortal strong. .S MOVRS'iyO. ough uncontrolled n knows ; consoled, thiit flows, s pouring free ; )leeding breast, >ny re confessed. mighty heart e-strife, keener snitirt ! le life, •oic diires, greatness prove, — losoni Ijears, larger love. THE LEAGUE ' -f' ' orely pressed fate, )er brea-st ^reat, rkened years Is that throng, of tears, — rtal strong. -(■-:■' 23 .-JiSS .' peerless dream of Brotherhood I Thou art }fan's mihhst heritage; The perfect State, the final good, That still delays from age to age. Thy fairest fruit still ripens late, I Tree of Life I thy blossoms new Give rarer promise; — still we tvait The years to make their j>rotnise true. THE LEAGUE. Brotherhood t heritage; final good, !/e to age. ! ripens late, lofisoins new -still tre wait r promise true. ly AM. lii» groatiifss imisiiIhUu'iJ, Nor truce In'traycl oi' sorest grief, He wore aguiii liis lofty mood — Tie, On'oi-K lIoNWifs iioMot Cliief; 1)1 royal mantle rich arraycil. The roy.tl iiianlh! woven fair That showed in many a to-lcni liraid luwove, the Tortoise. WoU' ami Hear. .1 Though in the kindling Council-fiame They frownt.'d and glowi-red as in a cage, The mighty beasts, and all untamed, rould scarce restrain their tier}' rage ; — They on that trantjuil ))osoni great Now low with ix'acefnl look reclined; As if they took the hue and state Of Ilayo-went-ha's mood aiid mind. r 174 THE LEAGUE. Again —til.' Council called —he broke The silfute witli his nianly wonl. Thouoli Hiiyo-went-ha little spoke, The wait-nj,' b.aves, that eajier heard, Rapt hung upon his every tone With reverence not unmixed with awe ; As if in him, so proud to own Their diifttaiii, they their savior saw. " Brothers ! wherefore should T speak ?■ More can llayo-went-ha sav V You- the ai'ter-tliou.ii'lit is weidc — Hea;d his word of yesterday ; H.'a.d what }Iayo-weiit-ha spake, Word of llayo-went-ha true; Shall to-day the Council break,— But to-day is left to do. " Fair the smiles that on us fall From Great Oway-neo won ; Lo I his cloudy garments all Has he taken from the sun •" He that sees with c earer sight, Knowiiijx all our hea i's desire. Mildly, with approving light. Brightens on our Council Fire. J [GUK. THE LEAOVE. IT.'i calletl,— he broke aiily wortl. ha little spoke, at eager heard, every tone iniixed with awe ; u(l to own heir savior saw. ore shonhl T speak ? - il-liasayy li ought IS weak — ,-(>sterday ; )-went-ha spake, it-ha true ; Council lireak, — ) do. hat on us fall iieo won; garments all the sun ;*' h e earer sight, ca fs def^ire, )rjving light, Council Fire. "In His love alone we n.-t ; He be praised lor every good ; So may be our Council blest, And our every foe .subdued ; Only lie can shield iVoui harm When our fiercer foes assail ; Only iu His mighty arai May our weaker hand prevail. "HrothersI that must ever be One in hope and one in fame. In your eyes a lij,'ht 1 see Brighter than the Council-flame When its midnight brightness fell; And I augur from its ray Vou have pondered wisely well On my word of yesterday. ''Brothers! that before me stand, Though of many a lodge and mune. Though of many a tribe and band ; One in hope, and one in aim : Shall we stand — or shall we fall V — Are my words of counsel good ? Are your hands for I'nion all ? Are your liearts for Brotherhood ?" o 17(5 Tin: i.i:.\<:iK. Tlwrt'ft'll iiliiisli on iill th.'laiid — A liiisli iti>rtfiiti)u>* as a ( i> ; 'rii.'ii with oil.' toiinuf. out' i)iir|)os.' graiul, III peal nil pral tliat tlliimliTt'd li.V, MrnUc t'iniii 111.' aiisw.'riii;: iiniltilml.' : -Yra! Ki -liah! Kii.'.-liali ! K-,i;h<'-a '. " l{..irlii..'.l fniiii tlif fiirtlicst w.xxl - ••V.'a! I'ath.T. Father, yt'ii!" ami "y.-a!" # ♦ * * * * Ere sank lli<' stn-am of vakciif.l Itinl To silfii..' OH til.' wi.lfiiiii.i,' plain : Kr.' Htho tlii'iv, tliat startlf.l lit'ard, Had ci-as.'.! t.» answer hack a<>aiii ; Kr." still.'.l alar 111.' lo:i. ly Mahiifi- Its Irigiit-awak.'ii. (1 nmaii ami Mgli ; Tlie siaiv.l Kcy-oslik its imisy dang, Till' -r.'al K.'-ii.'ii its slDiiiiy cry ; — Ho, Hayu-wi'iil-ha, rose again. And silfiic." on 111." inonu'iit I't'll ; He only saiil : "Y.' noble ni.'ii — Ye OsMiiK lloNWK — tliat is well." And what if eyes with tears were dim If so they most niiglit lov.' eonfess ; He hli>ssed llieni for Ih.'ir love of him, But more for love of nobleness. i:. rUh' J.J-.Kllt:: 111 th.' land — \\ ; mil' purpose grand, iili'i'cd liv, [t\<: nmltiiiidf : c.-liali ! K-,iili<'-iiI" ;li('st woiiil - I'll 1" and "yi-al" ThtMi tnmi licnoatli lii> wunilrous vent lie ilrcw the niijilily s\ nil)o|-rul|, Witli many ii niystii' ^iiii>uy |)ar( linicnt dri'sscd and wrought I'nmi ;rri'at Skan-o-du's hairy hidt'.'" f wakriH'd Itird nii plain : startled heard, ick af-ain ; H ly Mahnjj in and sigh ; its luiisy (lang, >\\)\y cry ; - And every line whose heanty griiced That pictiiie-writinn wide unrolled, That llayo-wejit-ha's hand had traced, Of Ilayo-went-hii's wisdom told ; lie, ( >\\ay-ncii"s I'ropliet true. And greatly taught iu kimw ledge Iheuce, Of type and sign and synilinl knew He all the nnirvelmis secret sense. )se again, iient. fell ; ohle men- .at is well." h tears were dim love confess ; their love of him, ubleness. First on tluit picture-page the sun-r- The rising sun — was jiainted fair; The enililem of the Mighty Oi.e Whose dwelling-place is everywhere. And dark was seen the gloomy night Hetreating on a stormy track : .\s He alone with shining light <'oulil drive the awful shadows hack. 178 TIU: LhAdlK. Near, OiK.ndiij^ii's })ill()ws were, Afiir lilt' l-y plain outstrrti lu-d Ix'tween, Wlu'i-f, tvaii'd with cath liuniliar trail, His sculU'rt'l I 'collie's hunios wuru seen. And larjiv iiiiiid till" synihols. framed 111' licni' tlu- 'i'oi-toisr, Wnir and Hear, As in the iort'st i'n'f. iintiiiui'il ; For tlu's.' th.'ir > hear. Far-shining -flowed tiie Coiuieil-tlame ; Around it mighty sac hems sit Knndx'd in gar!) d' warrior-liuue, V\'itli painted faces, glory-lit ; And fairest forms of womanhood ; Therein this truth he sought to trace: In cares of state — as Woman shnnld — Should Woman have iier part and place.*' iiright ou her matron hi'ow was ahowu, And glowing like a coronet, And on her matron brow alone — The royal signet, regal set ; Ami this [ read on pictured i)agp, \\ here wisdom's symbols glow and shiiiP : III her all titled lineage- - Through her the sai In-m's noble liue.'" 24 179 >T1 J80 THK LEAGUE. Of beiists that roam the wild and wood Did savage many a likeness show : The Hei-cer Yek-^wai, iat and good, The hungry-howling O-kwa-ho ; Skau-u-do with his icntlered head, The snowy AVau-bos, t.nider-eyed, The Jit-sho, with his wary tread, The Xe-gig with his slet'ky hide. And laaiiv a w<.udr(.us bird he drew That clove the air .u- swam the sea ; The war-bird, liiui, the -reat Ke-neu, The Wa-wa and the AN'aii-be-zee ; And many u home-liird, such as sings To charm the wigw^un's waiting rest ; The Shaw-shaw with its shiny wuig, The Wa-won-ais-se"s tender breast ; Great 0-nust, bright with glowing ears, And wigwams glad with happy bands And bended bows and sharpened spears. And plumt'd warriors, clasping hands. A lofty tree, all leafy-green, Outspread its branches high and wide, Where sat the sachems wise, serene- In unity ami love allied, UB. THE LKAGVt:. ISl le wild and wood ess show : iit and good, kwa-ho ; tiered head, iider-eyed, wary tread, fkv hide. Round all his hand a circle drew — Hill, vale and nKuiiitain, plain and tree; III this was seen the witness tnie Of Uiiiuii that should endless he. A thousand lurnis their meaning lent; Each tyj)e and syniliol. un(lersty one, To paint and trace with willing hand Beneath the Tortoise, W.df and Ih-ar, Thi' to-tems of each lodge and band, Their names and tribal to-tems there. • Then Oway-neo's I'rophet true- Great Hayo-went-ha, wise and good, Who forth the dusky nations drew, Who foremost in the Council stood ; Who stayed with love war's wasting brand, Quelled olden feud and fell intrigue,— Sealed with his noble name and hand That Aquau-uschi-oni League. i:viih:. ■\\ shilling strand 1- thought's intent, iihoni's han<' instrument;''' ) its sacred page itery. its i)rocei)ts sage,— n'lit and free. •iich ehiel'taiu hrave orthy son, Messing gave hem- one hv one, •»> witli willing hand se. Wolf and liear, lich lodge and hand, •ihal to-tenis there. THE FEAST. s Prophet true — ba, wise and good, lusky nations drew, :lie Council stood ; h love wars wasting hrand, I and fell intrigue,— nohle name and hand i-oni League. 'I js:^ •.#>! f li^ i- EotB Tiad it marred the joy complete, The sweet content from dangers passed, If they, who now to break their fast, 0/ beast, of bread, offish did cat, — ■^ Who with the Master sat at meat, Bad known that feast would be the last. -'.., THE FEAST. iJiejop complete, I dangers passed, break their fast, fish did cat, — ?r sat at meat, ! would he the last. Three times had climbed the moming sun, Now hanging at his highest noon ; Tliree times on midnight shadows dun The flaming camp-fire light had shone; , Three days beside the foaming sea The counseled warrior-braves had stood ; Ere long for mighty deeds to be Renowned,— a noble Brotherhood ! Though fear had fanned the Council-flamo, Hope sweetly brightened on its close ; And weaker hearts, that trembling came, Would valiant meet their fiercer foes ; A thousand warriors, painted gay, Elrie of friendly TTnion won, Would wait tho feast, then far away Would bear th.- ioyf.l tidings on. 'T~ 186 tin: ;-EAsr. Three days they had not tasted meat, But vith siihliniest pinposu wrouglit, Toiling tlirough last to make compk'te The fabric of their mighty Thouglit ; Shaped in those fearful Councikhiys, To live when all the braves had passed ; That all the niter years should praise :- Now they again wouKi break their f;ist. With savor that did most delight Each hungry s'use,— so sweet anlf'->kin njlic his Ijo^mii hears. ami pliiiii->t>iiH' (lice, •r. place ami rank 1 a strangle device, — and tln>se are hlank,- •iors stand or sit r (liiiuce antl throw; mil passioii-lit, uiii-ta-soo. And soinr, tin- hravcs (,(' li^ihtfr mood, \\ liip-.(. j ly ill wildest ((lines rang. Along the >waril or sat or stood Or ran or w ii'-tled. wli(;(i)Md or sang; While in. Ml each string, Ut-speeding free, .\fiir the willing arrows sped Or darkly clashed on harky tre(! The tlinty war-ax, winginy dread. e howl he shakes, iiiimher, — fails ; . ventnre takes, — ast prevails ; lis shaft and huW. >rt une yet ; a happy throw — stake and bet. Or wide anon the challenge ran \Vitli many a noi^y slnuit and call, A> cli(i>e the leaders earh hi- mail Km n ihler gan f Hat and Hall. 'I'liiy here tin; nearest limit set. And there they fix th(> i'aithest goal; Still piling high the stake and het Of blankets, weapons, trinkets — all." i I!t2 Tllh' >i.'4.5/'. Tlu'ii nii.Uvay tli.-ri' tl..« IkiU thoy brought; Of liiiiKliv.l arms, and stalwart, sought To t'uti'h it : wliilf this way ami that It wliirlftl ami spM aloiij? the phiin ; — Nt>w this, ami now that Ix.uml was iiifj;h ; ThfU stayt'tl; — in trimii|>h hack a^'aiu Wiis l.roHirht with scutll.-, shout and cry. ■A. Still each with i"at guess, They felt, wlien Hiiyo-weut-ha spoke ; — Foreboding sad, though none might tell What grief presaged, that darkly vuke The troubled dread of comiiig ill. r No broAv but showed a trace of care. No eye but free liedewed the plain With tears, as Vo-yo-hon-to there Ran — brimming with the summer rain. And close and ch)ser round him drew The braves, the while their hearts were stirred To listen to his last adieu,— To Hayo-went-ha s parting word. i ■i:asi. thiit triUKiiiil shone h ii niouni fulness ; is (Ifcpcr tone — • might not guess, ayo-weut-ha spoke ; — igh none might tell :od, thiit darkly vuke if coming ill. *e(l a trace of care, ■wed the plain -yo-hon-to there til the summer rain.- ser round him drew le their hearts were stirred ist adieu, — parting word. ~:r4 i HAYO-WENT-HA'S PARTING WORDS. 26 m^ A new Erangel greater than The uorhi has k-iiuini, the Ages uait; To ervry rai'f, or soon or late, Is horn u Tralh-huspired Man- Some spirit wise to teach and lead: And happ!/ the;/ who, high or low, Their risen Prophet, seeing, know; Bis wiser precepts hark and heed. HAYO-WEXT-nA'S PARTTXO WORDSL fer tJidii , the Ayes uait; III or late, ted Man — each and lead: hi(fh or hir, ', seeing, know; rk and heed. I'lUoTHEUs : — that Itcfort; me stiiiid Brotlifi ' r do love you well ; Hi'iirkcii I Rrotlicrs liciirkcii ! I — iiiiJ Do not f^ricvt! for that \ tell ; lliiyo-wciit-ha takes to-day For the hi>t your parting hand ; Ilayo-wrnt-ha goes away, — ■ Goes lie to the Spirit Land. He lan see a glory shine You may see not ; and from thence Tomes the warning and the sign : Hayo-went-lia hastens henoe ; Leaves you at the close of day, Leaves you at the set of sun ; Hayo-went-ha may not stay, Hayo-weiit-ha's work is done. I ill 198 JIAYO-UKM-IIa's l-AtiilSi} WORDS. O my IV'opli' I unto you All these years, iiiiil not in vtiin, Has he l)een us father true, Bearing all your grief and i)ain ; And each widely scattered l)anounds; Wrought for you the hunter-how. J l-AliTlXO ifOUDS. nto yoii (I lint in vuin, utluT tnie, rief and pain ; f scatti'i-ed Ijand, irthost w<)!)d, iiiultTstand wise iiiitl good. w to Iftiilil with prido ifnrts move abound ; wiiH'.s liijih and wide, 1 till' jiroimd ; ; i; (• i'.nd place, ^Volf, and I5oar — s of onr ratt' ; , liraidt'd lair. li pationt liand grassy plain ; ers ; l)y his hand ill monstors slain ; hunting-grounds, o, O-kwa-ho — iianio abounds; II the hunter-bow. bato-went-ea's parting words. All the flinty missiles wrought ; Shaped the arrow, strung the bow With sutdi mighty blessings fraught ; All their use he showed to you. All the good of lab(M' born : How to mellow well the fields ; How to tend the springing (^orn, That such grateful bounty yields. Now, where in remembered 3ears Only frightful monsters trod, Shine great 0-nust"s luscious ears, Scho-ta-sa-inin's wondrous pod ; And the farthest valleys show Fair in Autumn's wind\' days, Hjipp • maids that come and go, — Bearing home the ripened maize. Often, where might knowledge show Most her sacred mystery Unto him that yearns to know, In his Chee-maun journeyed he Far away ; — again returned : Seeking — wisdom sought to find ; More life's deeper secrets learned, Bringing thence a wiser mind. 1«9 200 HAVO-^'KyT-llA's PARTISG WOSDS. .t!' Standing in the Council-place Has he ta\ight you to !«> strong In the battle, in the rhase ; Ever swift to right the wrong, And no less the good recjuite — To be wise as to be great ; Taught you that the arm of might Must on Oway-neu wait. Though the warrior's noble crown Is the trophy and the sear, And the glorious renown Won ill honorable war ; — Taught he of a fairer fame With all manliness arrayed ; By the home-delighting flame- By the wigwam's mat and shade. lis 2 And the fairest gift of all That his willing hand has wrought, That shall never darkly fall, But with fullest blessing fraught To all people everywhere, Dwellers in the farthest wood, Shall a proud example bear,— Is this Bond of Brotherhood. - \ 4,1'. ARTISG WORDS. luncil-place ) Ijc strong V rhaso ; lie wrong, ()(1 rt'ciuite — ■rout ; lie arm of might fait. ur's noble crown le scar, renown var ; — irer fame arrayed ; ghting flame — lat and shade. ift of all ,nd has wrought, darkly fall, sssing fraught rywhere, thest wood, ample bear, — ■otherhood. UA ro - Wf, s'T-ii }'• r.t n n : WORDS. 201 It, tlirouijli ;ill Mie years shall live, Till all n(/l>l-iic«s sliall tail : And tc oail) ii;-'(t.'(ti()ii give, That no loi' iii,i\ (.hii" ji>-.,u| : But ill unviii-ii uiMknc'iS IJco — Floe i;i trrh)l(|[n- N n-or, wli.^u (111 ill. \v:ir-i>itli liold \\\,-y see Aqii;i;i"ii.M'hi-^Mi! .\|/-'i.''' BrolliiMv I (lijij, l,,.l',)iv Mie stand, Yoii iiiv l'.' I |,;,.,.() ihe ('Mmil![/.e ; And, lli.it more your Uiiun- and fame Heigliten in the after-day s. Know y.\ who to lead and teach Foveiuost in the Council stand, He who wisest is in speech, He is greatest in the laud. ill IJrotluTs I wlicii you come aud go On tlio war-pat li far and Hct't, WliiMi y:iu IxMr tli<- lniiitiT-l)0\v On tlu' liills with Hying i'<'.'t ; — Whfi-f yhiin. Glad and joyous »'very\vhere Shall yoi:r wiirwams hriuhtly throng; And the twilight failing fair Light the danee and wake this song. So shall all your after-fame Find no less a shiuiug place; Hearing nmiiy a iiohle name Worthy of oin- nohle race ; And your deeds to latest days Farthest wigwam-homes heside, Shall your children's children praise- Call vour names with love and pride. 1 Mtlisa \>'()HW. you come and go r mill (It't't, lie lniiitiT-l»o\v lying f'ci't ; — L or wluM-c you dwell, I'cds i-oiiff'ss. — ■ith you — tell uljleuess. )\viii>i f'rco, ills stretch iimiiin, iminuuring sea, Li'.d iiliiin. t'Vi'i'V where ms Iniuhtly throng; it t'allin.u- fair lid wake the song. ir after-fame iiiug plaee ; a iiohle name olde raee ; s to latest days i-liomes beside, [dren's children praise- with love and pride. iJAYo-n'Kxr-n I's I'Mrnsr, nonhs. Ami thft People far away By the Gitelie Gumee flood, Pointing to your homes shall say : "Lo! ii mighty f3rotherli{io(i ! All are brothers — that is well." And no fear may darken then On your path, for all shall tell: "Onwik Hon wk— Mighty Men !" And the Nations that shall stand In tlie future, bold and free. Thickly thronging all the land Like the pebbles by the sea. — From example wise and good Shall they to all greatness grow, To a mighty Brotherhood ; And all men be bettered so.' Brothers ! wherefore do you weep ? Be ye bold and brave and true ; Brothers all — my precepts keep, And my love I leave with you ; Oway-neo high above, Sliield you from each base intrigue ; Shield you with his mighty love, Strengthen more this Bond and League. 27 2o;i '^T" •Jul //,},;- 11 /, .v/W/ J N lil{JlS<: n'oKDS. lii-oth.-is! I <\o tiilo to-day l\,r tlu' last .V.Mi- partiii- \\M<\ \ Hayo-w.'iit-lia K'»':; uvvtiy — Goes he tu 111.' li»;ti.'r Lun.l; Hi; ciiii .'Oc a L'lory ^\nne You xu\\ >.oi^ u<;t, and frnni theuco Comes llio wamiiig »iid the fcign,- Hayo-Wi'ui-hu ha>lf us h'-uec. May liis spirit wiili yu dw. 11 ; Urothors'. nolilo (hollierliood ! Onouk IIosv.!., ta;v yuu mi'11. Be yu by my counsol!-. led, KiH'i> my prt>ci'pts r'\ .ly (»no ; Hay.)-\vciit-Ua,— ho livi.s said, liayo-wtMit-ha —he is done. /,;/.vi. n'oRDS. .' to-day \\\\'j, li.uiil ; away — • Lunil ; \ friini theiicc ; ami the fclgn,- iri lioace, \ I'll dwi 11 ; I'.iullierliood! yun well, nisolh led, \ tiy one ; he liu.s said, is done. HAYO-WEN T-TT.VS DEPAKTURE. Jj hill ti ilriiim, (t ilnain ilirinc The roii:i shim: Or IN it I him the (IixIh liciive ? And at) the tuMif Souls thai ijn, Ihii/hl hiihiid rise, transjiiiurnl .>"('- Clothed on uilh Immoi-lalitij ! im-,. II A YO-W KNT-II A ' S I )EP A IfTURE . !•('(((»» ilirine 'uinters paint: hi't (I ml nf Saint I spli'wlors nhinf. iih (li'cree ? Ills that i/n, tr(iiisji;tiirivilled it on. It erst had many a storm withstood ; Him with his mighty bow it bore To slay the nu)nsters of the flood ; And, oft in halcyon days l)efore, To far Ti- -to, bright imi)earled, When love lit all the pebbly strand : Love ! that beautities the world — Malves every h>nd a summer-land ! Upon the flaming wings of morn, With valor's quickened jtulse imbued, Oft to the Council-place had borne Him, Hayo-went-ha, great and good ; And far on many a stranger sea : Wherever most might knowledge loose Her sacred seal, or glory be ; — But now should prove its nobler use. iJhfAUrVHE. Aoiidrous l)argo •f 111' lii-oiiji'lit ; jl)ly lUiirjtt' t>oi's wroujfht ; of MiUiito, let'd of one, oiiwivrd drew 'illt'd it on. torin withstood ; )o\v it l»on' 5 of tlu' Hood ; ys before, t iiii pearled, )el)bly strand : ties the world — niner-laud ! ings of morn, [1 )tulse imbued, ilace had borne reixt and good ; ■itranger sea : knowledge loose [lory be; — its nobler use. HAYO-n't'S'T-H.l's DEl'AHTVtiK. 209 Like pilgrim honie-retiirning late Witli eager feet, it lightly pressed The springing tide, as loth to wait To bear him to his peace and rest ; To gently bear him, fleet and free To faintly glinimeri ng isles away, Beyond tlie land, beyond the sea. Beyond the fading rim of Day. Yet where the billow lightly laves He lingers on the pebbly strand Amid the well-beloved braves,— Delays — to take the parting h'nd ; As bearing in a father's lieart The love, the grief no tongue can tell ; As loth to stay, as loth to part, Delays he still the last farewell. Or saddened at their grief and tears. The noble warriors, true and tried ! Or tender thought the spot endears Where she, the little maiden died ; Or would his anguished si)irit stay Where weeping loved ones strive and mourn ? Qr yearns his heart to her away — Nyah-tah-wanta, reft and lorn ? i 210 //.I yu-irLXT-llA's DEI' ART'.- RK. She by Ti-o-to waitinji hira : Lone wiitchiu},' till tlie «v- Who hohlx this hut a doubtful creed ;— AH >iorroii' hath its use and need; The keenest iinguish, most intense That enr suffering bosom bore, Its after-jog mag heighten more; ifo^ain but hath its recom^jense. And gnu, tender Soul ! if such There be, who nererfelt the touch Of sore affliction's sting and smart, — Had never sorrow to assuage ; Turn back,— nor read this tearful page- This story of a broken heart. t-'f doubtful creed .- te and need; ' intense uaont hore, /liten more; ij)ense. ml ! if such felt the touch ind smart, — assuage ; id this tearful page- '.art. THE MROKKX HEART, Thk liiftv oak tliat iiroiiilly staiitls To ilriiik till' siimint'r's sun i'ihI ruia, TliL' jjlurv of tlif turt'st-laiiils. A lH>aiity (111 till" vcniiircd plain, — Tlioiiffji it till- tfiuiM'st spares aloiii.', Thoiifijh cloven tliroiii>li its rolic of green, Herf'tt of hraiichos, wiMly strown, Will weave anew its leafy screen. Yet grows no tree in all the wood, 111 all the grove-eiiiinaiitled vale, That blooms to charm the solitude AikI glinl the morning's breath inhale,— But, if rude hand with hapless jirt Deej) ring the barky tn'iik l-'icrci' on ilic soul in storm iiiid l ii'use-i-c. heart ami triie ! iidc, iimncrinfr Idiio '!y stood ; •, with )oiigiii}j; vain, with tears were dim ; ,vs' sad refrain il rotiuieni. THE lillOKF.S IlEAHT. 219 Though eager h)ok('d lior tearful eyes To Hce some lionie-returning traco, Oh, never on her sight would rise That Chee-maun from the €ouncil-place ! Nor form of him, beloved, for whom She patient watched each lonely day; Whose smile alone e.iuld liHi:\ It F. MIT. 221 IT tcill't'llt si(r|lt vny ; li till' lonely night, ln' loiifly (lay t'i'll again, gnaw iitiil smart ; last and jtain,— ♦T JH'iirt. To giizo along the riciming lit'cp Sliu i-arly lanic, sin- lingt-i.-.l ImIc. To wi'i'p and watrli. to wati li and wt't'|). A stricken soul and desidate. And many a night, and many a day Her failing focjtsteps went and ciuuo Along the darkened home-led wiiy, — Hope lighting faint life's lli( kerinj; llame, imit (t» jtress, I waiting lone, hej eye^ would hless- o tearful grown ; •r tender Itreast lit of pain and dread hI eoudi (if rest li dearer head. Still o'er the sward she caiiie and went, Still seeming more a passing; shade — Some l)rivn j ! kinilling ray lied moan, '^\ Now through her half-forgotten caro A jjladness murmnred in her breast, As llayo-went-ha, he was there. Or her, the maiden form, she pressed ; Or other dear ones seemed to rise, Seen through death's gathering mist and haze; The loving sire, the deeper eyes That brightened on her infant days. TUK nnOKES UK ART. And low she ciilU'il oaoh clicris)ied name, As though she saw them bending there ; Yet ()'(>r the swiird no footstep came — None saw her passing grief and care ; But Mi(hiiglit, listening on the plain, Heard from the wigwam, glooming nigh, A shriek — and all was still again — As if a Spirit shuddered by. Along the si'a the lonely !\Iahng His troul)lcd song more lonesome woke: The great l)a-hin-da sober ^ang, As grief had touched his hoarser croak ; The Ko-ko-ko-ho"s mournful cry. The Wa-won-ais-se's sorrow-plaint, 0-me-me"s tender moan and sigh, — Came from the wood more sadly faint. i Sad broke the Morning, dim and pale, Ti-o-to murmured on the reef ; The Sun, behind his cloudy veil. Looked — tearful with a later grief ; The Home-wind wailed along the shore, The forest felt a shivering dread ; Nyah-tah-wanta came no more — Nyah-tah-wanta, she was dead. f;A' in: ART. THE miOKLS' IIKAUT. m I oiioli phoris)ied name, hem bonding there ; no footstep came — g grief juul care ; ening on the phiin, vaui, gU)oniing nigh, was still again — n-od by. lonely dialing lore hniesome woke : (la sober -.ang, d his hoarser croak ; "s mournful orj', ■< s(»rrt)w-i)laint, moan and sigh, — 1 moH' sadly faint. i No loving heart or eye o'erbent That darkened couch — her shroud and tomb, Whose life with anguish overspent Went out amid night's lonely gloom ; With none to watch ])eside the dead. To close the dear lids, staring vain ; To make for her a lowly bed — A grassy grave along the plain. Yet He, whose love is over all, Whose helping hand is over nigh. Who hears the bro.)dling sparrows call, Nor lets their little want go by, — To beast and bird and reptile lent Its meaner life, and not in vain. Low by that couch in pity bent, '? To soothe its frenzied pulse of pain. \ irning, dim and pale, •n the reef; his cloudy veil, th a later grief; wailed along the shore, ivering dread ; came no more — le was dead. And angels from the starry shore Came o'er the midnight's track of gloom, Watched by that wigwam's lowly door To bear a suffering spirit home. On airy ])inions far and fleet Above life's weaker part upborn ; To taste the bliss, the rapture meet Of Virtue on the Hills of Morn. 224 THE ItHOKI'.S iiKAnr. No more to wait with tearful eyes Beside Ti-o-to's Jarkoned strand ; But joyous its the morning-rise Far-journeying to the Better Land ; To Oway-neo"s Home, away Beyond where sunset-glory smiles ; Beyond the gateways of the day,— To Inigorio's Happy Isles. J { IIKARV. \\ tearful eyes ed strand ; Drning-rise Hettcr Land ; e, away rlory smiles ; s of the day, — iles. THE BETTEiR LAND. ii '? i I 3 •3 n r V- The child upon its mother's breast, From petty pain and sorrow free, Finds all it dreams of peace and rest, Nor knmvs if other Heaven may he. So every Soul, or soon or late, Led by the Father's loving hand. And each as is its need and state, Will find at length that Better Land. :.'^^/-. THE BETTER LAND. 1 Is mother's breast, d sorrow free, us of peace and rest, Heaven may he. • soon or late, s lofing hand, s need and state, that Better Land. World of Time ! wert thou the whole, Whose outward aspect darkly shows, Nor lived beyond the chastened Soul, Nor more divinely fair arose, And more in joy and beauty grown In years that are Eternity, — Did life no Life Immortal own, Were it not better not to be ? . _ I No path but is by sorrow crossed, No spot but is bedewed with tears ; No loving heart but it hath lost Some treasure, loss still more endears. To all, the troubled days that pass Bring endless labor, little gain ; Or brief delights that leave, alas ! But keener sense of after-pain. 30 I 77/A' IlirnEIi l.ASh. Oh ! to behold with fU'arcr sight The good that Providoiue designs ; Unseen, or only in the light That far along ihe ages shines ; To know that nothing is of chance, All evil for a purpose meant ; That discipline of circumstance Is evermore lieneticent. Oh ! for the faith to realize— -^ Tlie triitli-ili.nnined miiul to know Tluit Jle, the only Good and Wise, But portions each or weal or woe, As joy or grief m.i}' nurture more The Klower tliat springs from Virtue's root ; That blooms on Love's immortal shore, And happiness its ripened fruit. He, Owaj'-neo's l'ro|)liet true, Tlnit hunter-bow and shaft had wrought i Who forth the Dusky Nations drew, Them all the good of labor taught ; Who strengthened all the weakei' hands, Who greatest in the Council stood, Who gathered all the scattered bands Into a noble Brotherhood ; — '•;/.' LA.W. fU'iirer sight piue (losigus ; the light. I's shines ; iiig is of chance, iiii'iiMt ; •ircuiiistauce t. .) ivali/A' — "^ niiid to know Good and Wise, weal or woe, \' nurture more iigs from Virtue's root ; vc's immortal shore, lened fruit. oi)lu't true, I shaft had wrought i sky Nations drew, ■ labor taught ; . all the weakei' hands, Counoil stood, the scattered bands hood ; — THE nUTTER LA\D. Who toiled and suffered here below Thr uigh all the years— and not in vain, Whose heart had l).)rne a mighty woe, Felt all the pangs of morta: pain ; The portion that has ever been Of kingly souls whose feet have pressed The heights of woe, to enter in The bright Immortals' hcnne and rest; — Unto his kindred, trilie and race. To shores and wigwams hximmg largo Returning, t') hi . home and place, — Drew on the shore that mystic barge Hy sn'tv.y tents that sliimmi-ring stand On iiills fair in the setting sun ; SoJDurned h ; in that Better Land, Iliij sorriyws passed, his lab )rs done. And oft when sni;.iown falling red, With ruby lights the llesper-rim, While mu.-iiig on tlie loved and desid, While brooding sad the thought of him The noblest of his n;. There all the iiiighty rliicftains be Of later days tliat dark unrolled ; Whereof witii tongue of I'rophccy The noble Hayo-wt-nt-ha told : When ovt r all the laud sli(Mild tn>ad- Should throng a People gn-at and free ; Thiek as the leaves by Autumn shed, Or as the pebbles by till' sea. 231 itli gleaming crest, le he bore, », he w'.'.ose breast le cordon wore; ;1 spoons from which he fed- re carved and wrought ■4 of warriors dead, the battle brought." -o-tar-ho line, 's fading page ; vever dim they shine, eroic .ige, eart and strongest hand with monsters dread ; ierce that roamed the land, or Flying Head. Sa-go-ye-wat-ha. he i ; tliere ; The warrior cliiei'tain uoble-born ; Aye I noble, if t'.iey nol)li' be Who hold ignoblene; s in scorn ; Who stood ia Council great, as they That gifted are to l.wX and teach ; A tiery Soul that most could sway All passions with the might of speech.'" Who weakly owned no l)rotlier's God,*' Nor less ailjudged for wisdom thence ; Who firm the path of duty trod, And wanting not in reverence ; . . Unbowed in fear-inspiring awe. Confessed no less the human need Of love — the first, the primal law ; More sacred than the doubtful creed. S32 THE liETTRn I.AifD. And in the ages (liiwninp bright ShiiH truth-illuniincd Sii<{fs rist-, Who, wiilkinj,' ill th.> wi.l.-ning light With wiser mind iiiul «it'an'r eyes. With l>iis('r higot-siglit unvexed, Shall, conning doni) with fiuling scroll, Find niiiny a love-inspiriiig text,— The oftsjyring of thy nobler sonl. There He — nor bears a crimson stain — Who bade the war-ax dread atone For all his kindred wanton slain ; His Nations woes wept in his own. I we that I'oini pathetic stand: I hear: — "Of all my kindred, none Are left alive in all the land! For Logan who will mourn V — not one," There He, Oneida's noblest son, That bold amid War's wild alarniH The warrior-hero's chaplct won, When rose the Western World in arms ; On battle-lield, in Council-hall, Alike created to command ;" Who stood amid the sachems all, The wisest chieftain in the land, uiifi bright a more comely dightj More fair than in (lie uldcii days They that I sn- nli. .l,>ar ddiuht ! In beanty that is passing praise, In wifely charm nr maiden grace, In snowy kirtle rich arrayed. They light the V(tng-we"s Imnie and plaee^ Make glad the wigwam's mat and shade. And oft along the glimmering marge Of wider shores, that faint and glow, I see again that mystic barge — That mystic (Jhee-nnoin come and go ; More beauteous on the flowing tide, More fleet is see:i to glide and run, Dance on the billnws foaming wide, No ])add|e luis— ijo need of one, i 4 234 TiiH nrrriJi i.isn. It Ilay(V\v<'iit-hii lightly Jwarn, Whili" hrif^litt'iis inort' liis Pr()|)lift-fiice, As it tlit> ^'low ctViil-^t'iit wffirs ^01" Oway-iu'o's Shining IMiwo. In Iwanty iiiiuit' nion' lifiiutil'iil I sec, l»y sorrow sanctified, In wilt'ly fliarnis smpassing all — Nyah-tali-wantn liy his sido. And tliciv is sill".— the little maid, The durliiie; |i<> li;id mourned as ilead, In rarer maiden {irate arrayeil ; More glad her song, more light her tread ; In mind, as stature, heightened more, With love the mother's love requites; More deeply learned in iorest-hire, She more the father's heart delights. And there they dwell — O jt»y complete ! Land where no earthly shadows gUtam ; There taste again the rapture sweet — Know all the sacred joys of Home. Oh ! Home is where — or near or far-^ Our darlings' footsteps light the sod ; "Wherever they, the loved ones, are In the wide Univerbe of God. •n rrt:n lasH. m li^'litly hears, tirt' liis I'rophet-fiicc, I'lilj^t'iit wi'iirs iiinji IMiu'e. n Itt'imtiful iittiticd, ; smjtassing nil — ,• lii.s sidi'. ,— thf littlf inaid, I mouriu'il us (lead, graif arrayt'fl ; i, iiiDic lijrlit her trend ; lire. liei>,'liteiied more, lier's love requites ; rued in I'orest-ltire, it's heart delights. dwell — joy complete ! rtlily shadows gloam ; in the rapture sweet — ed joys of Home, here — or near or far -^ steps lifiht the sod ; the loved ones, are erse of God. Tin: UFiiKR i.amk 2;jr) With woods where endless Summer smiles, That, robed in leafy fraj,'ranee stand Year unto year ; unmeasured miles Of verdured plains, of hillowy strand, Of meadows wide in mantle f,'reen ; Hills that on hills serenely shine, With tlowery vales f ir-stretehed between, That snowy tents malii- more divine, — Still lojins and failes the Shining Laud; The mighty chiefs of noble fame There, as of old, in (' uineil stand ; There, kimlii.ig with the kindling Hame, Tiiey wake again the lofty speech ; Hut not t > lire for mortal strife The warrior's heart ; — th'-y, wiser, teach Of Him who Master is of Life. And they that hearken do I si>e ; With faces like the morning lit. Of braves a goodly company. Along the sward they stand or sit ; And there, more lovely, wife or maid, In kirtle new, they sit or stis'id, In mantle wove of wampum-braid, And mocciLsins auilled and beaded graud. 31 /I 236 THl'T UETrER LAKD. Bright on the wigwams, painted fair I soe oach totem form again, Of Beaver, Tortoise, Wolf, ami Bear, Of Faleon, Plover, Deer and Crane; With pieture-writing wondrous shown: AH l.irds and beasts-all sy.uh.ds whence The greatly wise may draw alone The mystery of the hidden sense. Still on the endless Seasons roll : All numly sports their joys enhance; Elate they play at Bat and Ball, Or shake the Bowl, in game of chance, Or with the hunter's shaft and bow Still, as of old, in passion new, They traek at\ir the flying Hoe To hills heyontl the farthest blue. There througli the forest's leafy sheen Still gleams each royal antlered head, And all the plain's unbroken green Far trembles to each tameless tread ; ■ There every bird beloved of old, That clove the air or swam the sea, W^ith gayer plume, with wing more bold, Still climbs an ampler ether free. 1 LAND. TiiJ': uirrrijt ;. i.\i>. 2;J1 ms, painted fair igain, Wolf, and Bear, • and Crane ; r wiindrous shown ; dl syiuluds whence f draw alone Ulen sense. Seasons roll : • joys enhance ; Jat and Hall, tranie of chance, s shaft and bow sion new, flying Hoe irthest blue. forest's leafy sheen al antlered head, unbroken green tameless tread ; • leloved of old, • swam the sea, >, with wing more bold, or ether free. Tlie land and iioiiic of wortliy braves, liy smiling meads and nystal lakes Whose shores no an;iiT Mllnw laves, Where ^^'ar's wild liirnioil i:ever wakes; By tranquil streams lliat li-lilly sin<:-. The green Savannas niio'iniiring tlirougli Where on the scareely riillle,! spring Still noiseless speeds tin- li-Iit eauoe. Thongh grid' :,till sways wilh tyrant niighti* Still binds the v.aitiii,.;- y.ars v. it!i pain, S(mie solace t(;r eaeh lost delight To see the loved ones smile a.ell inunortal there, Where bright the sunset glory smiles ; Their wigwams built eternal are In Inigorio's Happy Isles, And musing on the glory past, The glory that the Ages wait, This heart, despite its sorrow vast, Again is reconciled with Fate ; Nor other thought sneli eomfort In-ings As— ye that left us are not lost ; But freely quaff life's deeper springs Mid Oway-neo's Shining Host .' - j^^~— 238 rill-: iii:rr:y /. sa. Love ! that s'.ays. (h()n<• aiiiuin, ' (l.i.t \v;ix ;i'i(l {j;r»)W, ■-\V().-!(1 l);iiM I'.jfiiiii ; III. tc:!r-v.ct fiiit'w, i;ic! ihi' f:i(liiij: page Oiicc innrc adieu — 'riiual Ago. ""« WINONA. 1 All Truth through martyrdom is bom,- Truth that the after- ages bless. The Virtue that shall life adorn, The Soul exalt in nobleness, Is to the paseiiiij (ficiuyht a)\d time A sin, when by their standard tried; ff but for protest to the crime By hoary Custom sanctified. mrtyniom is bom,-^ es bless. I life adorn, ■ness, lyht and time tanilard tried; he crime tified. WINONA. Afar, where Pppin's waters flow By many a l>eetliiihts sad memories stir Of one with fiijthfiil heart and true, The maiden, dear Winona, her The stranger Cliieftaiu cu))ie to woo. A warri r hohl, of presenee proud, The Chief of all the Northern Wood ; To him the hraves in reverence bowed Or reverent in his presence stood ; His breast of many a battle sliowed, — War waged with many a s-varthy band ; And presents rare he free bestowed In barter for the maiden lumd. 24d WISOKA. The dusky warriors, brave and strong, Around the camp-fire, bhizing bright, With feiist und pipe and diince and song Made revel with a wild delight ; While he, the stranger Chieftain bold, Profuse his costly gifts displayed ; Of many a deed of valor told — So he perchance might win the maid. I si What fairer boon of Manito Might crown the maiden's heart of pride, Than from her wigwam home to go A mighty chieftain's queen and bride ? In reedy mantle, torn and mean, No more in lowly want to pine. But of a royal lodge the queen,— In bear-skin kirtle, beaded fine. But not for him of fame and might She braided fair each raven tress ; Oh, not for him those eyes of night Revealed their starry tenderness ! Oh, not for him the maiden heart Timed the warm pnlso of maidenhood Within a breast un soiled of art, Far-nurtured in the wild and wood. yoxA. WJNOXA. 248 rri, brave and strong, ro, blazing bright, ipe and diince and song vild delight ; anger Chieftain bold, :ifts displayed ; )f valor told — ight win the maid. In troubled thought she might not tell. Low on her simple couch outspread, Winona, where the shadows fell, Sat burdened with a nameless dread. In fear that darker purpose takes When hop(! is dead, she turned on him Such tearful glance as only wakes In eyes that sorrows overbrim. 1 of Manito uiiden's heart of pride, •igwain home to go I's queen and bride ? torn and mean, want to pine, Klge the queen, — , beaded fine. Scarce conscious of tlie ita.^siug scene She took in all nor lot nor part ; Till, with t',.ii::liiir voice ai'.d mien, That i)ierced with woe the maiden heart, Bespoke her sire : — " Ho, daughter mine ! Make haste to be, like maiden good, The l)ride of him of noble line, And worthy of our wannor blood !"' of fame and might ich raven tress ; those eyes of night rry tenderness ! the maiden heart julso of maidenhood , unsoiled of art, le wild and wood. Quick rising thence the stricken maid Low bent the haughty chief beside ; Her heaving breast its strife betrayed With maiden grief and maiden pride: " No, father, no !— pray do not let ! — My heart is not for him you say ; Too few my maiden summers yet, — I cannot be a bride to-tlay ! 32 II 244 »'/.VO.V.I. "Though bravost of tho hmves is he,. Aud I of iill tho luiiiilens least, His brifh' and wife I can not be, So do not bid the marriage feast. I low will rest beside the dead, Or lonely wander, old and gray ; Hut never will Winona wed Till love shall light her wedding-tlay." ♦ ****# Now fliekers dim the canip-fire light : The tawny braves that hideous made With whoop and dunee the falling night. Lie slumbering in the dusky shade. A deeper gloom the midnight wears;-— Till silence in that fading glow Hangs like some sable wing that bears The presage of ou-touiing woe. From out the forest dim and faint, From off the waters glooming nigh, Comes Hp the VVa-won-ais-se's plaint^ The Wa-be-wa-wa's clang and cry ; • And many a nightbird lonely calls, • While sweeter than tlie morning-rise The dew of sleep that softly falls — But not on anguish-burdened eyes. , le hraves is he, IS least, cull not be, age feast, the dead, nd Kiay ; na wed weddiuy-tlay." ♦ * ♦■ camp-fire light ; hideuiis made ue the falling night, liisky shade, midnight wears ;•— ng glow le w ing that bears ing woe. dim and faint^ coming nigh, on-ais-se's plaint^ ing and cry ; rd lonely culls, . e morning-rise fit softly falls— irdened eyes, , ir/.vo.v.i. Slow through Ihe pnrple gates of even The hours to mournful nieiisures move; As if the radiaut hosts of heaven Looked down willi pitying eyes of love; As eoiiscidus of thy l»reuking heart, Winona, tlmt so lone and lu ' And wildly weeping sitst apari Sad brooding on the uiorro.v"?' fate. tender Soul ! h»' ut of grief That trembles like the rtled fawn, Or flutters like the aspen leaf Touched by the ruder breath (d" dawn ! What means thy lo(jk so all forlorn, Thy pallid cheek and tearful eye V — Alas ! that thou must wetl at morn, Or morn will bring thy hour to die ! Where Ko-ko-ko-ho to the night The hour of mij 25e osiojy OF THE seneca nation. While she who bore life's equal part, Who in the wigwam toiling sat, With hand more deft in household art, Wove fair the waiting couch and mat ; With charms than maiden charms more rare*, Full-ripened unto matron grace, With gentle, frugal house-wife care Made bright the Yong-we's home and place. ■xa» And waxing strong, and more and more, The hunters roamed the farthest wood ; While thick along the grassy shore The new built wigwams smiling stood ; Where oft at twilight's dowy fall, Afar the tranquil seas along Woke childhood's gleeaome shout and call Or dusky forest-maiden's song. With skillful bow, with valiant arm, The bravest of the Hunter Race, They went and came, secure from harm. With eager feet pursued the chase ; No fear of foe their bosoms felt, No dread forebode of coming ill ; For blest with peace and plenty dwelt Content— The People of the Hill. ? SENECA NATION. lore life's equal part, m toiling sat, deft in household art, ing couch and mat ; m maiden charms more rare,, natron grace, jal house-wife care mg-we's home and place. ng, and more and more, il the farthest wood ; g the grassy shore vams smiling stood ; light's dowy full, 3as along s gleesome shout and call, iden's song. V, with valiant arm, Hunter Race, ame, secure from harm, rsued the chase ; eir bosoms felt, of coming ill ; sace and plenty dwelt pie of the Hill, THE GREAT SNAKE, How oft, alas ! is sorrow wrought When but of joy we careless dream ; How oft the tairest path is fraught With danger that we little deem, How oft the flower we nurture best But hides the wasp with fatal sting ; Or fondling eherisli'-d in the breaat, But proves at last a cursed thing. What time, when passed the winter glooms, The Wild-goose clanged his song amain. What time the tender-burgeoned blooms Of spring-time brightened all the plain ; — When bearing proud their lesser bow Beyond the Nun-dow-aga iiill, With (>iiger feet that come and go, Elate their little game to kill,— 258 Tin: inn: AT s^akk. The yoiitlitiil iiiiiiiii' hunters i-aught The iiursliiij^ (tf ;i viper In-ood ; And home the tiny servient l)roiight — A reptile Ijciuitiful and gnivl. The pretty snake, though uuvestrainedj No more unto the wild it drew ; But in the wigwam glad remained, And, fondly cherished, greatly grew— Beloved of all. the old and young. The little hands the creature fed, To see it draw its forked tongue And high erect its shining head. Delighted still to see it grow Its ever-growing want supplied. Until in vain their shaft and bow The weaker hands industrious plied. Then portion of their larger game It day by day the hunters gave ; Till o'er the wild it went and came. Or fearless tracked the forming wave. AT S4\AhK. lie hunters caught per hrood ; y sei\)eut Itrought- 11(1 goivl. though uhvestriiinefli ,ild it drew ; 111 glad remained, ed, greatly grew — e old and young. I creature fed, forked tongue ihining head. see it grow lilt supplied, ir shaft and bow ndustrious plied. their larger game lunters gave ; it went and came, the forming wave. 77//; i; HHA J s SA A /•;. 2ft0 Now ro.iniiiii,' wide; — more fleet and free; Nor louf^cr liciiutil'iil uad good ; 13.it growing', gr.'W accursed, to l»o A dragon of tlic licld a;j.l Hood. Ho great tnid strong, it fleetly si)ed Like wingi"'.l tlii;i;f fr.iin sIkc-,- to siiore ; Becoming more ii hi'a-avlug from tne rocky steeps , \ in the iViS^itened waves, He floundered m tnt '' '- The lishes in the startled deeps ■ i fVio rockv caves. Went shuddering to the rocKy WHh iiws distent and high in air, ^^ th-it went and came. With fiery t<'"f?"«^ ^^^"^ ^^\ „__ A roaming horror everywhere- Destroyer of the Indians game. fNAKK. ■ut writhing piist* e horrid sang with howlings fled ; i\e his rattles rang, ii scaly drt^ad. ,u tnc rocky steeps , frightened waves, 4artU'd dc>ei« 3 the rocky caves. it and high in air, that went and came, nr everywhere— ndian s game, THE RATTLE. AlabmkI), tlie People of llu' Hill Gazed uu that drugoii form with dreiul , And questioned now liow they might kill The ugly heast their liaml had fed. And still th(j danger heightened more ; More near the monstrous thing they saw; More frightful woke his hiss uml roar, More wi(;ked clashed his hungry jaw. And still more wroth the reptile grew, Still more the growing fear appalled ; Till, dark in doubt what they might do, The warrior-braves a Council called. Some weakly urged to spare the beast. It, angered more, might them consume ; And oh, what shade might peaceful rest, If buried in such awful tomb ! 862 THE UA riLt:. Replied the linivcs : "If all unsliiin, Yet (Iciiru ni'ir ctTtaiii all the same ; Kttr from tlie wond ami from the plain Were soon devoiireil the Imiiter's game. "And if with faminr' fieree subdued, More sore were their destruction then ; And coward life is never f,n»<>d, But always good to die like men." The while the licddcr diieftains spoke, With valor shone each Ivindliiig eye ; Till forth the cry of vengeance liroko : "The Snake must die ! the Snake must die ! !" The warriors' trusty weapons laid In secret place, from thence were drawn ; And spear and shaft were sharper made For fiercest conflict at the dawn. While in the wigwams, glooming nigh, Throbbed many a woman's troubled breast ; That watched the dawn with tearful eye — More close her little ones she pressed. lit rVLK. I's: "If till unslain, tain all Ml*' siUiH' ; 11(1 anil IVoiii tlx' pliiin (I tlif limitcr's giiinc. iiiiiif fierce subdued, ■ir destruction then ; is never fi(i(»d, > die like men." tilder ( liiel'taiiis spoke, I'ach ivindiiuf? eye ; y of venjieance liroke : die 1 the Snuke must die ! !" usty weapons laid »m thence were drawn ; haft were sharper made •t at the dawn. igwams, glooming nigh, woman's troubled breast ; lie dawn with tearful eye — tie ones she pressed. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 ;f i^ iiiiiM ■^ IM 1112.2 ^ 1^ 12.0 111= 1-4 III 1.6 ■^W- ^S^'..^ ''''# y Photographic Sciences Corporation ,-\ £^ ,V qU <^ *% .V <^ C^ « <>. 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) S72-4503 i/i CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian !nstitute for Historical Microreproductlons / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques -^^^g^S^t^SS^" 1 •'-»:;< '1 THE DATTLK. 263 Dim rose the Hill, in darkiioss walled, The pines their midnight shadows ciust ; But dreader sight their hearts appalled When tardy morning broke at hust. And oh ! how fear to terror grew As farthest wigwam closing round, The huge and wide-mouthed reptile drew His scaly length along the ground. Encircling all the town-his size Enornujus— harriu!? .ill the way. With dajigiuif j.iws and glaring eyes, The frightful icptile horrid lny. Then bravely forth, with shaft and bow, The warriors swift to battle flew ; With vigorous arm, expert to throw The pointed missile, strong and true. And woman there forgot her fe !r. And dauntless bore, like noble brave^ The warrior-bow and shaft and spear. And many a thrust the monster gave. f nf 264 THE HATTLK. If valor fired each manly arm, Love more her hand its vigor lent. To sliield her little ones from harm — Her darlings in tho waiting tent. But for each murderous missile thrown The more the hrute their wrath defied ; Till hi-oke their spears, their arrows gone, And none had pierced his scaly hide. Till sore in every purpose foiled, They, weak and wounded, sick aiul spent, Loth from the fearful strife recoiled ; — Bought refuge in the inner tent. And resting there their weary feet, Their grief they bore with patient heart ; Ate sparing of their little meat, Until the monster might depart. And so they tarried many a day, Till on them frowned a darker fate ; For still the awful reptile lay, His jawi wide-yawning at the gate. THK lt4TThE. 265 11, lent, 11 hurra — lit. And forth again the warriors bor«j Their shivered spears, with brave inteut, To fight tho fearful battle o'er— For hunger fierce new courage lent. sile thrown :h defied ; • arrows gone, )' hide. But all in vain each valiant hand Assailed the brute with thrust and throw ; And never braver warrior-band Did battle give more desperate foe. )iled, c and spent, recoiled ; — lit. Some frantic madi' with fear and pain Rushed mad to pile the savage feast ; Though swift devoured, such pittance vain Bnt hungered more the insatiate beast. ,ry feet, tient heart ; (leat, irt. .day, r fate ; ! gate. And some in terror thought to flee The dragon's flinty side to climb ; But swaying like an angry sea, He crushed them in the ooze and slime. Still shrieking ran the maniac din, Still clashed his frightful jaw amain, Till last of all those noble men Had the devouring monster sla|n. / THE VICTORY. How frequent, in the battle tried, Alone the weaker hands prevail ; While freely flows the crimson tida From bosoms clad in iron moil. Still rests with Oway-neo great The victory iji the fiercest strife ; They triumph at the last who wait On Him who Master is of Life. Low-fallen lay each noble brave, The wigwams empty pressed the plain ; Save one alone that shelter gave To Yopg-we with her children twain. Who, spared her kinsmens' sadder fate Still lingered in that frightful place ; Lone with her little ont's she sat : — Sad remnant of a noble Hace. >. ■ RY. ;le tried, vail ; uison tido loil. great trife ; who wait life. ' brave, d the plaiu ; er gave ren twain. is' sadder fate fill place ; she sat : — ce. A' THE VICTOHV. S67 And forth at dusk slie softly crept To bear them to the sheltering wood ; While prone the snaky monster slept, Made drunken with his fesist of blood. As fleet as flees the startled hare, She to the leafy covert fled ; Her weary feet she rested there, — Bewailing still her kindred dead, Still for her grief no comfort knew, — No sleep her eyes sj tearful saw. Till midnight bright with vision grew, And all the land was hushed in awe. Lo ! on the dark, with glowing haft, An arrow shone : with wondrous skill Thence was she taught to shape the shaft Wherewith that monster she might kill. Straightway with patient hand she wrought The weapon ; — at the peep of day She forth that venonied reptile sought, Alone the wanton brute to slay. 35 i f 208 ^fiE ricTrjRr. StroDg in her heaven-instructed art, She near approached the dreadful beast ; Deep pierced the sleeping monster's heart, Gorged frightful with his horrid feast. Mad writhing in his mortal pain, With many a dying roar and wail, That dragon awful lashed the plain And farthest hill-side with his tail. More fierce than tempest-tiding storm, The lofty pine, the migbty oak, That demon-like contracted form Like fragile reeds to splinters broke. The beasts that, howling, fled the plain Felt all the earth with terror quake As, rolling down the slope amain. He plunged into the foaming lake. He there his human victims vain Disgorged along the crimson shore : Then with one throe of dying ptui, Sank slowly,— and wa» seen no wore. / •■ TJfK VIOTORY. 269- If :.*, L •» ed art, il beast ; aster's heart, i feast. am, ul, plain ail. ng storm, brm roke. i the plain iiake [nain, ake. vain horer ig ptui, o wore. And she whose hand the arrow sped,- ■ ^ If noble deeds may gladness win — . Rejoiced to see the monster dead, . Destroyer of her tribe and kin. Thence from the Cananilnigmi shore, ^ Beyond the sorrow-darkened land, Afar with hurrying feet, she bore Her (children with a loving hand. Built them a wigwiim by the mere,— .. By Canadesoga's tranciuil wave ; With them abor f f hIiows» throes >u«tor (lied. THE SHINING MANITO. iiiiiy see vs moan, t iiffony, tiu'il to Ktone. bo.-e, ids confessod Biit, more jreast. GuKAT .Mimiil)o-/hi) siiiliiifj lone Kemott'st tide, Ah ilrii\vin«r nigh to shores unknown, Hfight on tlif hills at'iir he spied, And strange and new, Lodge of the Shining Mauito. With warrior pride, he ell night long And unafraid, Shap,ed spear and how and arrow strong. And hrought his weapons reiuly made At dawning light. And stripped and armed him for the fight. Then he the conflict dread began : The war-whoop gave ; 'Surround him !" yelled, as on he rarr,— " Run up ! run up ! !" as with him, brave, Were there and then Three times a hundred afraid men. ^^t 979 THt: tilllS'lSa MASITO. Fierce did nil diiy that buttlo wage,— More furiovis grew ; Wide o'er the land did Htorm and rage : Nor wound hud he — that Manito, So all complete lu wampum chvd from heiul to feet. Thick fell the blows — the arrows sped "0 it was you !" Cried Mmmho-zho—" You !" he Haid, "My kindred, my Ne-me-sho slew !" Till l.'ft had he Of all his arrows only three. A Just then a gentle voice he hetwd — Past Ma-ma flew ; " Munabo-/ho ! " spake the bird , As he another arrow drew, "Of wampum bare His crown ; — shoot at that tuft of hair.' As he let fly straight at that sijot, Lo ! blo(Ml he saw ; He then his second arrow got,— This brought him low ; a third did draw Full on his head. And down that Manito fell dead. 1 nil-: siitsisn MASiTo, 97a ige: pcdi id. A hair.' ilid draw Then, uttering his Saw-mw-qaan, Hi is scalp he drew He took thi' hlood, im wide it ran. And Ma-ina's head — the friend so true — Is seen to-d av. All gory red, he puiated gay. '■f.m 'i THE FLOOD. Among the mighty deeds, still told In legends dim, Of Manabo-zho strong and bold. None is, of all the tales of him From days of old, More strange or true, Than now he built the world anew. As journeying far by many a reach Of billowy strand. He saw, stretched on the sandy beach, And guarded by a faithful band Wound each with each And dazzling bright. The Prince of Serpents, snowy white. So late from battle won, he knew No fear of foe ; With all his strength his l)ow he drew. Full on his heart the shaft, let go, D. s, still told ind bold, es of him Id, r true, rvorld anew. uiy a reach ind, e sandy beach, thi'ul band ith each bright, , snowy white. 1, he knew lis l)ow he drew, ! shaft, let go, THE FLOOD. 275 Fell swift anil true ; Then shouting dread His Saw-saw-cuMHy away he fled. Then horrid cried the Serpents — " See ! Our Prince is slain ! Manabo-zlu) ! — it is H'^ 1 1 — But we will cutch him I" as amain By land a:iJ se.i They, hissing, ran In chase of him — that Mighty Man ! Theiu Manabo-zho heard tlic while As on ho sped O'er hill and vale — each step it mile ! — Heard close behind the writhing tread Of creatures vile ; And well he knew In each an Evil Manito. He mountain climbed — the highest tree — The topmost height ; O'er all the land a boundless sea Did rush and swash ; — Oh ! fearful sight I Up to his knee The waters drew, Still higher — higher round him grew. 36 m % n I 27rt THR FLOOD. A cry great Miiiiabo-zlio gave : " Grandtathi>r wise Do stretch yourself — Ne-me-sho brave !"" And quick that tree did taller rise — Out of the wave Him upward bore ; But still tho waters heightened more. Thrice did he call ; thrice from the tide That tree did grow ; Still higher rose the billows wide ; " Alas ! I can no higher go," The tree replied ; While yet he prayed, Just at his chin the waters stayed. Near on the waste a Loon did pass : '■ O Brother true ! Down — get of earth a little mass," He said, "to build the World anew." That bird, alas ! Though diver bold, Thence rose a lifele- forni and cold, Then to the Musk-Rat, swimming nigh : "0 Brother ! bring A little earth ; down— down and try j lo brave!"" ir rise— I more. L the tide ide; lyed. pass: nass," Id anew:" d cold, niiig nigh : and try ; Tin: hutoiK 277 Each grassy tarn and reedy spring, As days <>:<)ne l»y Your home shall be, Or on the land, or on the sea," He too did down ; rose like the Loon, A lit'ek'ss thing; Jlut in his nostrils breatliinj', soon He, Manabo-zho, him did bring The precious boon Of life; — and then Haid he — "My Hroth<'r, try again." Jscxt time a little soil ho drew Up from the seas ; This Manabo-zho added to The drowned Loon ; and built of these The World anew, As you can see — With every beast and bird and tree. w' I 1 ORIGIN OF THE RED WILLOW. ! i Once oil a time ji-hnntiiig wt'iit Great Miinabo-zlio : with his 1)()W He traveled on tlirouoli v.iiul v.\n\ snow ; At leiigtli, jnst Jis the d.iy was spent. High perished upon a withered tree, Afar he spied a Kee-wau-nee ; He fixed an arrow, creeping nigher, He shot it, and the hird did hring Into the woods, where was a spring ; He phuked the feathers, l>iiilt a fire, And by the tlame, to cook it quick, He stuck it on a forked stick. And then he said, " t think that I Will take a nai)." '' Here legs." said he, You roast the bird — the Kee-wau-nee ; See it don't l)urii ; let none come nigh To touch it ; and be sure you keep A-watch :" —and then he went to sleep. 1 MM inffti y t 1^« 'M^ W ORIGIN OF THE II EH WILLOW. 27!) WILLOW. «ent bow I i;!ul snow ; was spent, mI i rce, '-dyed ; were see, — t)e. When manhood came He hunted Bears, his chosen game ; And many a beast Slain by his hand, had piled the feast ; Until no more that shaggy brute Did near abound ; By hunters brave alone was found In wilds remote. 2t3 THK HEAIt-WIFR. Oiue fiir away, When hunting vain, at close of day, 11 is path besl(le A stranger wigwam glad he spied ; And coming there, he raised the mat : The inmates all, Lo ! they were Hears, hoth great and small, That smoking sat. A seat he sought, — He silent smoked the pip-J they hrought. They otfered meat ; He took, an.l silently did eat : Ami when refreshed with food and rest, An old gray Hear, The Chief, with friendly speech and fair, Thus hii>i addressed : — " My son," said he, " Among us I am glad io see One known of old, Though only as a himtcr hold ; But oh I we Hears do suifer sore For all your fame. Tub she Bears tremble at youl- name ;— Hunt us no more." ni THE BEAK-WIFE. 288 3se of day, le spied ; lised tlu» mat : I great and small, t. "Come live with me ; A pleasant life onr life shall be. Of savory things, — Of fruits of earth the Summer brings, Fruits good alike for Bears and Men, We cat onr fill ; Then sleep the winter long, until Spring conies again." they lirought. t; eat ; th food and rest, peeeh and fair, sed: — le, see Id, bold; iffer sore c. yoni* name ;- p. * My daughter, too, I, for a wife, will give to yon." When she came nigh. And moccasins so warm and dry Put on his feet ; while she did lean All unafraid, He th(mght he had no Indian maid So lovely seen. And biding there. He took for wife that Woman-bear ; They, void of strife. Lived happily in wedded life. Two sons erewhile she bore to him ; Like her, one son A Bear became ; an Indian one In mind and limb, 37 984 TIIK llKAH-WIFE, The Ik'iir-chiltl, 8ore OpproHst'd with heiit, the mother bore With her tt) sU'ep Into the raves, so cool uiiil deep ; The other, h-ft alone in pain, With hunger pressed, Would call and cry for mother's breast And arms in vain. When ripe and goml The nuts were fallen in the wood — Lay thick below. The Bear-wife said — '^ Stay while I gQ And gatl'.er I'.coviis :" with her kin Afar she went ; And Yek-wai tarried well content The lodge within. But tired at last, Into the wo; ds he wary passed • A little way, As on each still-remembered day, With shaft and bow ; and looking well About, he saw A fat she Bear ; on her did draw,— , And down she fell. THU BKAR-WIFK. 2$S a Jier bore 'pp; 111, ot, III' tlicri', with awi', His Bt'ur-witi's sistiT. blet'iliiig aiiw : "0 cruel iiiuti !" she cried; — "in vaift Our kindness nhown ; Leave U8 I pray I— unto your own jfeturn again." gooil tvood — while I gQ I her kin nteut Straight did he go Back to the lodge : pretending ho Hy sjieecli and air That alt the time he hud been there ; The (!hift' I:iie\v all: — with anger seized, Would Yek-wai kill, But that the llear-wife's woraaii sk 11 His wrath appeased. led day, looking well Iraw, — , The A utunin passed ; The Winter euine ; the Bears, at last, As all Be.'irs do, Into their winter-lodge withdrew. There Vel :-wiii with his Bear-wife went ; Aid lovingly Together in a hollow tree They lived content. 1 m If J* 220 Tni: BtAH-tt'iri;, > ' IJut tluMii I'lvwhilf A hunter spied. To him iM-guile, Out of tlie liolo All ciiutiouHly the Ilear-wifM stuh' ; JuniiM'tl Irom the tree ; with lenp iind hound Ami liinie-i>reteii(e Allured him on,-- escaping thence Without II wound. ^A When home agiiin Returned, slie cried — *" Unhappy man ! O Yek-wai ! pray Go hack, and with y(»ur people stay : Our union has hnuij^ht only ill ; Yo»i killed, ah me ! My sister; now your friends, ytm see, Seek MS to kill." " It is not well That l)ears and men together dwell ; Each with its kind. As the Great Spirit has desigjied, Alone is good for men and Iwars ; As we can see, A different habitation he For each prepares." wm*^ ?^ - I TUi! llEAU-niFK. iM'guile, if« stoU' ; vith lonp and bound CO jj thence ■A And Yek-wai then Unto his tribe returned ogtiin; — Took thence his son; The bear-wife kept the beur-like one. And though he led a hunter-life Full many a ywir, No she beitr would he kill, for fear To kill his wife. in nhappy man ! t'oplc stay : only ill ; ic! ids, you aee, Hier dwell ; lid, t'sigjK'd, and l)ear8 ; es. \^ SHIN-GE-BIS. He, Shi»-ge-l>is, so bold and free, "Was diuk (-.r luun, us ho might please; Him, in his barky wigwam. He, Kabi-bonc)k-ka, ooiild not freeze ; But four small logs the winter through Had he to burn to keep him warm ; Yet stout of heart, no fear he knew— Laughed at the Winter's raging storm. The Windy God— the North Wind cold- "Who is the wondrous man ?"— said he : "I do not like such daring bold ; — This Shin-ge-bis must mastered be ; I high will pile the drifting snow, Will freeze the lakes— the rivers fast; Will bid the mighty tempests blow, And with a tenfold fiercer blast." 1 # >^i/r\-(!i:-iiis 289 Still Shiii-ge-bis, through stunn uiul gloam, Unto the reedy mere he went ; His strings of fish came dragging home ; — Cooked, ate and slept he, well content ; Sang to the fire-light's paling glow, As on his bear-skin couch he lay : " Kabi-bonok-ka, blow, and blow — Kabi-bonok-ka, go your way,'' free, i please ; He, se; ter through arm; le knew — g storm. Swift winged the North Wind o'er the land, Unto the wigwam wroth he came ; Thoro Shin-ge-bi? s.iw, listening, stand — Saw just beside the barkj' frame, Kabi-bonok-ka, cliill and wan ; Still louder rang his roundelay : " Ho ! Shin-ge-bis is still your man — Ho ! Windy God, I know your way." h Wind cold- — said he: Id;- ;d be; snow, crs fast ; its blow, Jt." Wild and more shrill the Xorth Wind blew, And yet a colder blast he sent ; Then, as aside the mat he drew, He stalked into the reedy tent, — Sat mute beside the failing fire ; Without, the tempest's roar and clang Kose louder— higher still and higher ; Yet Shin-ge-bis, he careless sang : {■ '2r ) SMIN-GE-BIS. % " Ho ! you are but my fellow man !" lie stirred the coals, a warmer glow They gave ; the tears free overran Kabi-bonok-ka's eyes of snow — Fell streaming down ;" Alas !" said he, '• I ("Uinot stay — this will not do, [ cannot master him, I see ; His is a mighty Manito." Then from the wigwam silently He went ; still fleeing far and long ; Still on the land, or on the sea He heard of Shin-ge-bis the s uij,' : ''Heigh ho ! my Windy God 1" —sang he, Let blow the fiercest bhusts you miiy ; Still Shin-ge-bis will happy 1m' — You cannot freeze him — go your way." [)w man !" ner glow e overran ow — lias !" said he, ot do, ee ; SPEECH OF ME-TEY-A. r^-. ii silently mid long ; the spii 10 s'^n^ : (5od 1"— sang he, ^ yon m:iy ; ppy 1m— 50 your way." Me-tey-a : thou didst make thine own Thy people's wrongs — still unredressed. Remembering the despairing moan That struggled through thy vain protest, I hear again, or seem to hear : — ''My Father, hearken what I say ; Have pity on your children dear — They would not go afar away. " You see our land is very fair ; — We sold you of our land before ; Your children built their wigwams there ; Already you are asking more ; But oh ! we cannot sell you all — We cannot sell our homes to-day ; Our country now is all too small ; We would not go ai^ away. 38 1 I !^j.xu!am amHammem f m *■;';,•/•,( 7; or mk-tkit-a. "This land — this goodly land— you see, The Mighty Miinito, he gave To grow the Indian's corn, and be His hunting-ground, his home, and grave ; We built our homes here long ago — Here where you see oiir homes to-day ; It was our father's home ; and oh ! We would not go afar away. "Owr hearts are good : — but do not seek For more to get our little land ;** Your dusky idiildrens' hands are weak— My Father's is a mighty hand. ! o|>en wide yovir ears ; — ! let Your hearts, too, hea 'kon what I say ; 1 sjiieak for all in Council met ; — We would not go afar away. "Look on our aged warriors there, Look on our women's trembling fears ; Lock on our children, pleading fair, — Have pity on our falling tears ; See v/here my people's wigwams stand, There would your dusky children stay ; How can they leave their Father-land ? We cannot go afar away." I i . — you sea, nd be , and grave ; ig ago— to-day; dob! io not seek .** i are weak — ) ! let ; I say ; t;— here, g fears ; ng fair, — » ams stand, ren stay ; ither-land ? SPEEnU OF ME-TEY-A. 293 Might heart of love or tongue of fire Prevail aggression's liand to stay Where proudly points yon glittering spire, Had been tliy People's home to-day ; Where Hiuuing meteors, glaring red, Fright all the plain Avith hurrying din. Had lightly woke thy children's tread. Their cheerful Hoiue-fire bright had been. Or where the springs of Kankakee The grassy nujadows interlace. Might, as of old, securely be Thy lowly People's dwelling place. Of what avail these tears that flow. More than availed thy mournful "Nay ?"— Thy latest kinsman long ago Went sorrowing n — afar away. t^ THE LAST OF THE HUNTER-RACE. Ye lingering few, who .suffering bide — Who wander where the falling moon Looks on Missonri's farthest tide, ^ Fair silvei*s o'er eiuh lone lagoon ; Far-exiled from your native plains Ye homesick roam the desert-wild, Or where Sierra-winter reign?, With mountains high on nionntains piled. With grief in other years unknown, When.crimson ran each bleeding breast, I hear afar your dying moan Go shrieking down the fiuling West. The fading West !— even now I see Your footsteps on its farthest shore ; The fading West '.—there soon will be For you a fivding West no more. s'TER-RACE. reriug bide — iig moon 'st tide, : goon ; re plains t-wild, igU3, )nntains piled. unknown, L'ding breast, >an ig West. now I see st shore ; i soon will be iiore. THE LAUT OF TUK IH'STER-RACE. And when no more a lading West These anxious eyes shall seek in vain. Where shall i>iy failing People rest? — Their home-bright wigwams build again ? Or who in the far years shall tell That this broad land, so fair unrolled. Where now the Pale-face Strangers dwell Was all your heritage of old ? Yet on — still on, — unresting flee Till bounded by the billowy waste ; For oh ! a more renu)rseless sea Bids your retreating footsteps haste ; The hurrying, eager Hosts of Toil On — like a fiery billow sweep, To spoil the wild — with it to spoil Your homes beside the rolling deep. Low in the sunsefs waning light, Above the hungry, roaring waves, I see, as with prophetic sight. The last of all the Hunter Braves ; With warrior arm uplifted high, And crying to the Indian's God, With one long, last, despairing cry He sinks in the devouring flood. i i r 896 THE LAST OF THE UUNTER'RACE. Gone — all are gone — the noble dead, Save from this sorely-uching breast ; Though prone I linger, all are fled Of forms and sounds T love the best. No more return the days gone by — • The mournful waves along the shore Blend with my own their wail and cry, And echo back — "No more ! — no more ! 1" l-BACE. .1^ )h\e dead, reaat ; re fled B best. no by— : shore lil an<'. cry, -no more !l" The Wheat cunt in the earth, it needs must wait The slow on-coming time; The autumn's tfloom, the winter' it frost and rain Ami i/low of mimmer'n sunshine, ere it yitli Thf hread-Jilled ears, Yet shall the seed again Return unto the sower; soon or late Comes to the rudest clime The Harvest 'home; and every well-tilled field Bears at the last its wealth of golden grain, '! ■ r "\ NOTBS. Notel. " T« lingtrlnq ffw who wtakltf ttand Pig*C Wherf ulrniiij nf nltt ^irfathert n/ooif," "ThsrwareitlU rraldiiiK >■■ **>« Htate of N«w York abuiit four thoiuuid Iro- quoli [1HB1|. Thfl iievcral fraKinnntii of the iiutlonii yet continue tbeir relkUoo- •hip* uid iDteroouri'i with each ut'ii'i-, slid cIIuk to the ihaduw of the tnoleot Lesffue." I.KWis H. MiiiioAN'* Lfat/iif of fhit IroquoUt It In oUimtd that their numbor.4 are now slowly oit the lucresne. Ilot«9. " /// 1 J.I ^'/ ' ii'i /" / ir iiiipiiiii-hanil," Page 8. "The orlglnsi Wsinpuin of thi- Iro luoli. in which the law* of thf Iie»«wr' wer« recorded, was rasdo of vplral frtwh-watcr nhellB, (Mir-kit-rald. may bo a messenger of good or evil. The natural proneness of the Indian's mind to Buperatltion has been enhanced, no doubt, by their marvelous legend* and fables handed down from generation to generation. 39 f i (■ 809 SOTSS. Not* 5. " ■'"*" ''•"■" '"' "" '"'■'* "'■ """"^ '*** ** ..HplrU...ft...-...rth»u.Ulr..H,..n.l.m .very h.n<1. who •♦"'"J'llf » ^ '** or . tre > or a pUut, or iu»lm»to » .UeU, .» lnwct or » bird. „ „ »« or * tre... or a i»»u , omota, by H. B. HoBoowBArr, p. W. Nol..«. ».ra,th»l/K>ilairia,ha Ug.ncI,. by H. B. BCHOOLCRAFT. KoteS. unr'.nhlbytheOmtnilaqa'horf ^ ^■** //« «< M« yi".;..-!'^rf''f'< nacittl fiaiM." .. Tt wa. . .triklnx pecuUulty of the .ndent reUgio.« .ytcm of the Iroquol. thrt !„^ri^of t".".lt. ««1 th. master of e.ch lodge WM expected to be prep.red tpprieed of thi. Jlel^ .wa u. cref .Uly put o..t .ud whee fettered l^uTrXm^i^o ..«^ oJtrpuZld .an J ^xhlblUng the ln..,nU of r^^'rdo^Lomce, he J. pHeet) proceed to invoke t^' «f«-^^^ thtlr behrif, and ended hi. ml,.lon by -triklng lire from the flint, or from p^ miuimi Mid llahted M»ew the domestic fire." ■ ■■• cu«ly In thU earth, »nd It Interfered, »ud pfoduood leeorlptluu among them, tha Whtm the Great Hptrit aaw pnpare a paradlae for them o mado It very beautiful, and ,,„i, i»j J. o. KoLL, p. ai«. iheKred the heart, and Ught«d ulumbua bad borne the oroaa ftif of thf Irogtiolt, p. 188. Page 34. II ifiawol/ia Lfgfiidt, by H. ^ Page 40. lint" Ilia syatem of the Iroqnola that Bucredllre. For thla purpo«> vlBlt. The entire village w«« waa expected to bo prepared Uy put out and a«hee scattered it. Exhibiting the InalguU of invoke the Haater of life in re from the flint, or from PfP- H. B> SCBOOLOBATT, p. MTl. MotoV. SOTKS. " WrnudSt Into tnrh th* magie tptll That faliful U fur giwU or III." doi Pag* 41. " They believed that tha poaaaaaton of cnrtnln artlalm alraut the person would render the body tuvubierablu; ur that their (Hiwurs over an enemy waa tUataby ■auured. A obannad weapon ooiild not be turned aalile." HoHooLUBarr'a JUttory, ConilUton and Protptett, VoL I, p. M. MofjlO. Pag* 41. " To charm and ijuiinl hit hnmt and plart, It* hiirku iiiitrt hf iittlurmi fiilr With to^tmt of Ait nante and race." " By to-tamto marka, the varloua famlllea of a tribe denote their aOUlaiion. k guardian aplrlt haa biieii leleuted by the prugeiiltor uf a family from aome objeot in the xoologlual chain. The reprtiacutative di'vlfn uf tlila la called th* to-tem. Indiana are proud of their lo-toma, and are prune to aiirroiiiid them with allu- aluua to bravery, atreiiiftli, taluiit, the powir of c.iiluraiici', i>r other qualltle*. A warrlor'i to-tem never wanta huuors, iu tU Ir rumembruuce, and tha mark la put upon hia grave-poat, or (id^e-du-Migt, whan he ia dealy aiuka hla pemooal uume in that of hla to-tem or family uainp. There apjieara to have been originally thri'e tu-tems that received th* hlgheat Iionor* and reapeot. They were the Turtle, Uciir and Wolf. These w»r* U>« great to-t«ma of tlie IroituuUl." ^_ mj-^M rjieat: Page 4T. That the Indian- observed the custom of giving thankn before "•"'^ •«•«"* <»> cert^n occasions, and at their great feasts. Ih shown »>> --"^ '^'^"•^g, ScHOOLCLArT, Vol. 11, p. 76, also A Hrf. , tami, v 316. NoteW. "rr'ri>-r 'I film, '''«/'""»''' ""'"''"' ^""^ **' She proferfil with S- *»• .. They oUtlvated thU ,.la.,t. as also the, ^n sui th, sq««b, befor • »'" *~ them." Note 17. " Ta.mi-m-ien.y''.' mrihhj ^r .'.' " P'3e »». m one form of the legend this remarkable personage w«, '■j^.f Jj^";"-;;^™: r^XirtTnrrhirwirTLi^u^^^^^^^^^^ Srrn S.nw.chhedld not e.cel «- -- -jrifp^Sir eloquent orators." Note 18. " SHU on to many a ttianger sea." P»ee <»• "We find curious IndUntraveler^ who c*me a great '"«'"«\7""°"^;; '^^ trlbei." ooontry; bnt » day's m»roh »y Intend to inTado, Mid he night, and they would make 18 ascended upon the helKhts only one escaped to announce a Oiants have left the country Ibid, Vol. V. p. 637. rjiKit." P«Ke *"!• hfttikH before meat, at least on lown by Bpveral writers. , also h'ltrl I OamI, p. 316. Page 48. 1 /'<»'•'', Oir." i with him; that privilege waa he females present themaolved ig to each a partner." 7(7«« (/ tht Iroquois, p. 286. I th3 squ by the natives to this day. Here he erected his lodge, planted l::s field of corn, kept by him his magic canoe, and selected a wife." H. K. ScaooLciiAKT, Vol, III. p. 314. Note 31. " In llu'fore-finnellir.f nffMfd'g, Page 65. Whmie I ilieir Smile ami blessing of the MIglilij Moiiitv." " The rite of fasting is one of the most d?ep-snatcd and universal In the Indi- an's ritnaU It is practiced among all the American trilics, and is deemed by them essential to their success in life in every situation. No young man Is fitted to begin the career of life until he has accomplished his great fast. Seven dayi appear to have been the raaxiraura limit of endurance, and the success of the devotee Is inferred from the length of continued abstinence to which he Is known to have attained. " These fasts are anticipated by youth as one of the most Important events In life; they are awaited with Interest, prepared for with solemnity, and endured With a self-devotion bordering on the heroic." Alglr Researches, H. B. Schoolcraft, Vol. I. v 148. Mote 33. " Jtnild the Are, make hrighl the wigiraw, As thefyrest maiden shniild," Pageee, In the pure hunter state, the division of labor between the man and wife is not so unequal as nian^. suppose. " Where, then, the whole duty and labor of providing the means or subsist, fcce, ennoWed by dauger and couratfr, falls upon the man, the woman naturally, siuks in importance, and is a dependent drudge. But she Is not therefore, I sup- I I f oOi SOTES. rer.^n.h»r« of the womau i. the household work, «.d dl othM domertto j^«.r, .hare ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^y,,. FromunpublUhed notes b, the Ut. Mr. W. H. CU^ke. of ^^^^ ^„...t.l.th.e.a.n«Xa.«..oftheWeete^^^^^^^^ ^e tl.e legendary lore of the IndlauB. Heraelf of Iudi«i Une.«e, «>d ^ndtag ^^ter^artT.long life «noug her people, her .UtemeuU <»anot but be *1r».rr;!Xu. « U. the condl«o« or .he inaun women -he ^U^^^^ •..^tter than that of the white woman, Uklug Into con.lder.tlon »he differ- r^Sw^r.he rac^. That 1. to ..y. although ou ««=ount of many IneWtabU ^^, the Indian wo,»,nl..ubJected to muny •"''*""f °' * ^IJ:*':^ "'p'^, ~t her poHlUou, compared .0 that of «.n, i. higher and freer U.an that of the '"oMrT;" Bald she, " why wlU they look only upon one .Ket tt.e, elth« exalt the Kcd Man Into a demi-go.l. or degrade lum into a be»t. JheyMy he compel, his wife to do aU the drudgery, while he doe. nolhi.,g b"*^"" "1 lu^m.elf; forgetting that upon hi. «>tlvit, and power, c f endur«.ce M . buuter depend, the support of hi. family." Koto aa, " •'*« *« If "'If ""'''' ^"''''' *"*** "■ Ongue Ilonwe—tkat it well." *i,.»«™ OitonmHoHWB.-* people .urpasslng all others-that the Iroquola ,^:iy^£rth!Zres, bTgolderTl^.n t».e discover, omeconthjent brEuropews. did not refer to them ; but denoted a people .urpuslng "U »«««« kedmen. lu that wnse It wae probably strictly true. Note 04. " iVo garden llliei uadeJUed, i\o iiioeet» thHr fragrance may poutu, Surpa»» the rote» qf the wild— The beauty oj the wUderneti." Page 73. Had not the writer. In hi. easuai Interoonree with the IndlMS, •«««"»«»8 a.«rmalden.of .urpa«lng beauty, comparing ^'V"™^' """'" '":!ll°r^ maiden, of the White Baoe, he would hardly have ventured to give «P«-^°J' »" w^^ probrt.ly ««m to m«iy a. existing only In the picture, of an suited '*^e^r!ka°Bremer, In her Homes of the New World, says of an I""!*" ■°»'^° .hesawlnMlnne«.ta: "ShewM so brilliant and of .uoh unusuia beaut, that ■he UtenJlT «>emed to light up the whole room a. she entered. Her shoulder* ^ !;^«d round. an4 J carriage drooping «i U uaulwltU IndUu women. r V' yoTFs. 396 ■he U inra of protcetlQD ; re of kind treatment ; sai* r but by desth ; aeea none a (tate tbe appointed and rk, aud all other domeatto and Samthtr Ramblei. Clarke, of Ohloago, whoae ded over many yeara, I m^ luaiuted with Mrs. School- pralBeworthy efforla to pre- idiau lineage, and apendinx r itatementi cannot but be idian women, ahe aaid, " It o couaideration the dilfer- accuunt of many inevitable Igbipa of a phyaloal nature, uud freer tlian that of tbe upon one eli'ieT they either into a beast. They aay he doea nothi. ig but hunt and id powem f f endurance aa a , Page 00. ai otbera— that the Iroquoia a discovery of the continent I people aurpaaalng all other 1, P««» '* may pouttt, wild- !M." th the Indians, aeen among ivorably with the inoat lovely entured to give expreaaion to in tbe picturea of an exalted Id, eays of an Indian maiden, of Buoh unusual beauty that I she entered. Her sbouldur«. a to uBoal wlttt Indian women, who are early aoouatomed to carry burdens on their backs ; but the beauty of the couuteuauce was ao extraonllnary tl.tt I rjtuuut but think that if such a face were to be seen in one of the druwing-ruuuis of the fsshiunable world, it would tbefe lie regarded aa the type of a beauty hithprtu unknown. It was tliu wild beauty of the forest, at the same time mnlaucholy »ud stileudid," Mrs. Jamison also speaks in high terms of Indian women she met. Of Hn, Schoolcraft she aays: "Ilergcuuiue relluemeut aud simplicity of manners, and native taste for literature, are channlug. * * * While in conversation with her, new ideas of the Indian's character suggest tiiemselves. » • She is proud of hei. Indian origin, * * But there is a itiolMichuly and pity in her voice when speak- ing of them [her people], as If she did indeed consider them a doomed race." Of another Indian woman she says : " Though now uo longer young, aud the mother of twelve children, she is one of the handsomest Indian women I have yet seen. • * Her daughter, Zah-gah-see-ga-quay— the sunbeams breaking through a cloud— is a very beautiful girl, with eyes that are a warrant for her poetic name." Note as, ".Is yoi(tli ciiil iiitr,i'i'i> iha'j, ilUI feek SoiHf to.'.fii (// A' /• /tiij)ji!fr/ f"- " The wife of the hunter h«a the entire coutn.l of the wlKwam »ud all lU tern- ponOitlM. To e»ch peraou who la a moml.tr ol the lod-e family U analgnpa a ttxed seat, or habitual abiding place, walch 1^ call.-l aU.-iinot. • * If the «on is married and bringB hU bride home, the mother ttEslgna the bride hor«ft6<«0». Thi« la done by spreading one of the flneHl Bkius for her Boot, and no one bealdes her husband ever Bits there. • • lu this m.iiiicr the porsoTial righU of each individual are guarded. The female 1 1 pun. t ilioua «s to hor own, so that perfect Older is maintained." ' i^- ''■• iJfHooLcnAFT, Vol. 11. p. 63. Note V. "Or pluekeil Ihe An/nmi's W/'f ■ c^' '"■'■•'i l''"""" '" AsiiieftaiiilfitfoiliiUiiiiimcii:." " It Is weU known that com-plantlns and .-.u-.-c: thciin::, ..t lr:iEt cmong all the ,tlUuncolonlJ«d tribcn, Lre left entirely •-. U.e wo... ;•.. It is not generally known, perhaps, that this lal.or is not c.mp.-.'.sory, u ; 1 t:i:.t i: i« oHsumcl by the women ua just equivalent, in t'u Ir view, for l.io o .cr..ua au.l continuous lal.ur of tue other sex, iu providing meat, aud skins for cL.tiM-, l.y tlu cli»se, uul in de- fending their vlUages against their enemies. ♦ * A r-ul I :.dlan housewife dooms this a part of her prerogaUvo, and prides herso'.r to have a store of corn to exer- oi.eherl«»p*tallty, or duly honor her husba.r,-.. h< ..jSlallty, in t «';"«ert'dn- ment of the Iwlae cuestB." '■ > l • ^- Hote M. " To guthei- iU Icri'fU ripf 'i i"l r,'""^-" *'*C° '''• The wild rice of the north is the ZUania P<,h.^tri.<, and al.or...uls in the shal- low waters of the Western Ukes and rivers. It forms a dish palatable u.A uutr.- Uona; and is the principal vegetable food of the Indians where It b'x).iu<«. U ta gathered by the women, who sliove their cai.o,« unioug it, and, l;cuiUug tno ripened heads over the boat, beat out the grain witli i.ai'.iUcs. Note 39. "With jiiitinil Iriifl hi I hiw^'tr I'on And all heioU- est die, and no"". "« ''-°'^„' =■"'>•"' teowpronelo evince their happlocss when pro-pwouK hi t.ir.raflur . " n. It. SrBOOLCn.tKT, > ol. 11. p. '". Note 90. "Or oiih/ rl" II '■ /''!■ I" fi'"' The meumiie ihk-I fur ;/.//" <''''< '*'•' I'agehO. «d the beauUful-lntuiUve? " Vnpubli»hed Notes. Mote 31. "Oil her hia loitering fuoUtefii leant. Page 81. As an instance of ttlial affection manifested toward parents, Mr. Schoolcraft gives the story of an aged chief, who resided at MichUimacinao. " He Uved to be very old, and became so feeble at last that he could not travel by land, when spring came on and his people prepared to mo»e their lodge from the sugaiMjamp in the forest, to the open lake shore. ♦ • It was his last winter on earth, his heart was gladdened once more by f eelhig the genial rays of spring, and he desired to go with them to behold, for the last Ume, the eipandod lake, and inhale iU pure breezes. H j must needs be carried by hand. This act of piety was performed by his daughter, then a young woman. She carried him on her back from the camp to the lake shore, where they erected their lodge and passwl their spring, and where he eventuaUy died ajd was burled." Mote 33. "7n royal manlte. rich arrayed." Page 86. " War shirts, war coats, and mantles for use on ceremonial occasions, are often made from the skins of the fiercest and most renowned animals captured in the chase.** They are elaborately wrought and prof usely ornamented. * ♦ At the treaty Pralrie^du-Chien, on the Upper Mississippi, in 1805, a great variety of theae dresses were exhibited. None, however, exceeded in its majestic style, the robe of a Yonkton cUef, from the BUnnesota river, who was called Wo-ni-U. * * He was clothed in a war robe of buff-colored buffalo-ektn, ornamented with porcu- pine quills, brilliantly dyed. This garment reached to his feet. " H. K. 8cH0Ol.0BArT, Vol. III. p. 87. ' Mot«S3. "What wonder h^, though catma'nd'fhiir; "- PageOO. Shoiilft feel the roiinttieorM (lance and twlin. When on him brntth-OKt lore-full eye* That more than grei-ling welcomed him.'" It has been asserted by sojne writers that love amoiig the North Ainetloan In- dians had BO higher expreesion, between the sexeA, than tlia^ 9! animal paAlon. WhUe it may be said, with truth, perhaps, that ttiis Was lU' more usual manifeatar tloo, their legends very clearly dUprove the assumpUon that the Indian w»« nevee 40 808 NOTES. loKlc.1 .torie. . .entlmeut to which hi. mlud «.d h-rt could uol raipoud, .oa Uut had no exUtenoe in hU experienoM of life, so m.ny of the IndUn legend, are founded npon the Jde. of love, u • tend- «dS -«-»t, exUt'ng between the y-^^^-'^'^^'^'Z'^Tei ".tUl..mtleren«rkablethe.ewriter.dldnotob.ervethef~=t. Bee The Bea lover, The Wlilte Slone Ca,,,,^, Onteo, Mid m.ny more. «orUthU..ew wanting in --^i;:^^— ll^r^^rrtrr^ among the dweUemlu the wig-wam. Mra. ''""»°° "y' •".,-„„„. trfbe. young Chippewa girl coacelve.1 a violent paselon for a \7'«"' •^^"""a^''^ LdfoUowrhlmfromhi. winter ''"°»"«-«-""^ .*" ^'' Ta^ dro"e t^ tire^ly married, and the wife, not being Inclined to "f-^' ' f •"'^"^^r^ tove^lc* damsel away, and treated her with the utmo.t '"-^W- The^'^^u ae.pcr.Hon, offered herself a... lave to the wife, to ""f '»«' "* J»**'',»°* nearer f *;t.-anytblng to be admitted within the .ame lodge and only to look upon the object gl Uer affvotlou.." Page»4. tTote Si. »LMened-~nii '•"lij woman may, Upon hi* dttitei- lliuu(j/il liilHit." thai* aUwUon to th««ldet part of the company ,•• WW •»w4«« , »• c B,VL. ScHOOLCBArr, Vol. II. p. vo. Note 35. uyor her alone lefpln thy lore,-- PageUO. Keep Mm that wail* no far amy-' anavuiuu. , League of the lroquoi»,V'">0' '°f.^t Snlrit. M«.ter of our Ure.; Great Spirit, Master 9f .11 ThjMsboth ,1 IblltdSl^rSreat Spirit. M«..er of other ^^'-^•'^ -''«*'^"'^~^!J EWl; command the ^d SplriU to favor thy chUdren. • • Oomm^d the EvU Spirit to keep at a dUUnce from them. ...»»k— .. O Great Spirit, keep up the Strength and Courage of our '^^^^^^'^J^^^ aU times. re cmbodleA in hli mjOlf^- ut could uol raapoud, toA he Jdee of love, u » tendw Bter »nd the young nuUdeu, rve the fkot. Bee The Be rivtl, drove thin loet Indignity. The girl, in > carry wood «nd water, and «une lodge and only to look nay, P>8e **• ■nt." rful oonveraation, anecdotes, len are among the Uateners; The young women and glrto lud are scrupuloua to evln(!e HOOI.CBAKT, Vol. II. p. 78. „,_ Page no. nay" ihould have arrived at • fl«ed ivor been a matter of curpriae the author of their being, the dispenser of the fellclUeii of Btant thanks airl homage for Ae preservation of their lives, lio continuance of Ms protee*- jm of the Iroquois, p. 108. , Master 9f all ThJ|ng8both \et Spirits, whether Good or irem * * Command the EtU age of our Warriors, that they O Great Sitirit, 0»*t Spii-it, illdren, and remerabe* th*m at lahontan't Voyagen, p. 38, XoteSS. SOTSS. "HM* pipe awJ """"' <""' <«•"■'**•' Have wtleomf to hi* "Obit quftt" SO? Pac" lit- frightful solitudes." ■' Mote 81, "p»ibyhl»i>li><',l<".MoHlh<'mald, PagsUS. And loi'fl!/ Miii>li"J> »"''"' ""'•" ..There is one custom tholr men constantly observe; that '^^^ ^''^^^^^^ indecent cspnisaisu. ^oteSf*. "For Hayo-wfiil-hu, he woiM btar The burden of the riiteiml earn." Page 118. «Xh.m«..t-.ignify...--es.U.nsal.ar^^^^^^^^ p^,„Uo,th.oiltohis >»'«';-- /^;;t^"';*;u herLmi; and when the, ^r.roSt'^-m^----ti:^^^^^^^^^ — then Uke each other for better or for worse^' ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ v. p. «». IfoteW. -m$ tnovy leggln$ sofllij uretVf" TtgaMU "'''T°t:fr"rwi^ub a^O^ «; placed beside him. togetherwith. are also p.it cm. His ^"^"^ "»• P !"_,„„„ that U about to be Interred, she «« quantity of verml lion. • • " 'J"^^' « cUtag -t^P '<" '"• ^'^ iBprovldedwith.paddle, a kettle. •«» •»»><»•» to tread in a future auta." ' '^'''' "MTaon.Hatenonoemoreto the irord. of thy mother. Thou iwrt brought into lUe with her palna. Thou wert nouriahed with her life. She haa attemptod to be faithful In raising thee up. When tUou wert young ahe Jovod thee aa her Ufa. » • Thy frienda and reUUone have gathered about thy body to Uwk upon thee for the last time. * » We p:irt now, and you are conveyed from my Bluht But we shall soon meet again. ♦ • Tli.n we ahaU part no more. Our M.i'.er has caUed you to his home. Thither we follow. Sa-ho! "-Speech of a Moth« over her dead son. -t«(ff«^ of tht IroguoU, p. 178. Moteil. "Eiuturam-* li (fit mothfr-htfant P»ge 122. Wrought eoaraye tii Ifif iirwly bum." While it is true that it was held a wcaknoss for a mother to g'.vo wsy to anr ricna of pain during the trylug onlwil of cliUd-blrt!,, it murt al.o Iw remembere.1 that women in the wv«gc state are comparatively free from Ihe dangvr and suf • faring incident to dvilized ll.'e. "ParturiUon, with the Indian female, is seldo: i ,lcudi-d with severe or long- eontUiued suffering. • • A wt.e h:.8 been kuowi to sally into the adjoining tarest in quest of dry Umba for firewood, aud to return to the wlgwum with her aawbom child, placed carefully on tlie ba.U-load. • * Their exemption from the uaual aufferiugs of chUd-blrth may be said to be the general condition of the himter sUte, and one of the f .;w advaulagea of it which the woman enjoys over k*r4dviUied sister." «• «• 8ci:ooi.cbak r, Vol. 11. !■. 6'.. Hot* 49. " n'ftat U Ihfie tiMrt thtm home and luvtf" Pago 133. " I have witnessed aoenee of conjugal and parental love In the Indian's wigwam from which I have often, often thought the educated white m:;u, proud of his niMrior dvlliaation, might learn a useful lesson. When he returns from hunt- taTwom out with fatigue, having tasted nothing ainoe dawn, his wife, if she be iTiood wlfN will take off his moocaalns and replace them with dry ones, aud wlU impare hia game for their repast ; while hla children wiU cUmb upon him, and ha win careaa them with aU the tendemese of a woman. "And in the evening the Indian's wigwam ia the scene of the purest domestic ideasurea. The father wiU rcUto for the amusement of the wife, aud for the hi- Itonctibn ot hia children, the events of the daj'a hun^ while they will treasure up «VM7 wort that faUs, and which fumlshea them with the theory of the art, the SfacUM of which ia to become the occupation of their lives." Ubs. Schoolcbaft, From I'npMUheU NoUt. , 1 leteett." »«f»IJI. wv •roond ttKirtMa ux lAartm Bharactfr of the dcoetMd, kqd tboogb t>M noroU, or b»rk, or tree, or rook, di»clo«» • oonttoulty gf Ideu • • Plotui»-wriUn«l», Indeed, th^ lltermtu.-6 of the ImlUn. It OMinot be interpreted, however radeiy, wlUioul letting one know what the t^^ think. Mid beUevee." H. II. 8oHooi,c»ArT, Vol. I. p, 388. "Theylove«o«iM«kin.i.yraboliomi muiner, M their .ymboU being dr»wii fronj the ntim of u.turf . • • I om-« mw > Buffmlo hide covered with flgUTM in the »tyle of children'* drmwlnge, which repreeented bktUee, treatiea of peMB, . nid other euch event. ; tlm nan and the moon, treee uid mountaini, tad rivw, flih Mid bird., »ud itll kludu of .uIuuIh, having Iheir part in the deUnerti«»|l, JloiiK^K uf the .Vtw Wiirlil, p. «. Mote 41». " f'> co'f* <*>' •*"«'' • "" "•«"»<"' **»mW Page IT», Shoulil womnii fiair hfr /tart and plaee." " The history of the world «how. that it la one of the teudenclea of bravery to cauae woman to be reapected, and to aagume her proper rank and Influen^ In ao. dety. Thta wa. etriklngly maulfeat In the hiatory of the Iroquoi.. They an the only tribe, lu America, north or south, «) far »« we have M»y account., who gave to women a conservaUvo power in their deliboraUona. The ^'^^^^ L. had their ,^r«M>nUtlve. lu the pubUc council.; «'*«'«' ""^''^^ tive, or what we call a veto power, in the important queatlon of the dedaratiou of war. They had the right also to interfere iu bringing about a peace. H. n. SceooLOBAFT, Vol. III. p. vn. Tradition say. that at tho great Council, which reaulted in the formation of to. Le«m., the women attended, and It pr«K«r»ea the name "'/"■f" "•""""T™ WuTcM-a. a wom«. of unusual power that took part in it. deUb«r«tlon. . «M^ to whose inalght and Judgment, ^ wo may Infer, I. due the liberal provlaion. of this forestrgovemment in favor of tho equal rlghta of the soioa. note BO. "In hff all titled Untagt,- ^ Page 179. Through her th« taehem'n kingly line." "Nottheleaatremarkuble among their ln.Utution., wa« that vrtiich oonttn«| theiranmiiwionof theUUes, righU «.d property In *«!«<»>•«- ^ the 'Xj duslon of the male. * • If the Deer tribe of the Cayuga., '»' •»»-'P"' ""^'"J asachemahipat the original dlatribution of th«. office., the «<»«*°;^?"^"5 Sue being Umlted to the female line. It could never P»' »""''*'*" •ff.^-* tteir ptodp- chief., wa. soured by a rule infalUble; for the child mast bo th, L Of tUlOTtoer, although not neceeaatfy of the mother-, husband. mrouokl Pnt* lit. ig flgoiM •nd jrfotarM loUoed bjr tnT«l«n and rant We»»-whole IdMS, [UadoMS • oontluultjr gt the ludUn. It eaonot uow what tba red mm oRArr, Vol. I. p, aaa. ■ymboli betug drawn t covered with flffuras in ttUea, treMtt of peMO, 1 mountalni, tad Tiv u4 h> the dellneattoiul.'* /i« .Vhm; Worlil, p. 47, MiW l*»(je »T», y>/0(y." teudenclea of bravery tq rmuk and Influenoe tn to* the Iroquoit. They m 9 have any acoounta, who lona. The IroquoU ma» tnd they eieroUed a nega^ leatlon of the deularatloi) g about a peace." CHAFT, Vol. ni. p. 196. Ml in the formation of the ame of /a^o-flOK*— The t In its dcllbentiona; and e the liberal proviaiona of lie aexee. Page 17». Hne." , was that which oonftned the female line to the exi gas, for exaiople, received Htcee, the descent of auch pasa out of tho tribe. • • of descent la tho tribe of I for the child mast bo th» tier's husband." i« 0/ the IrofjuoiK, p. 84. • 1 Mote SI. XOTKS. "TK4 eovfnanf and rtennt holtt4,— liH* «f thai noblf BrolhrrhinM." 318 Pige 181. Among the most sacred helr-loonu and treasures still In poaseaslou ef tlia sa< chems of the Iro<|uois, are those wampum-belts, Into which the terms and cou- dltlona of the League were " talked " at the time of lu formation. Although handed down fniiu Hw^hera to sa>Ji«ii>, from geuention to genera- tion, their inmimonln pages are still pregnant with inpsning - still linld in their mystic symbol) the story of the funustiou of this remarkable I^eagur ; and are tiie only reiwsltorirs remaining of tho laws and prinolples upon which It waa founded. That theoe belts are wrought uiwii Homo uniform system of recording ideas la evident fTi>m the fact that, whii» in llii> lUHHeHiiiMU uf widely separated tribes, although o'lfTering as to nrrtain details, thplr iuten>r«tstlons are all alike as to th(| fundamentiU facta :tud principles uf llin slliuucf. Mote 53. "lull) ihi irlMtiil unehrm't liiiinl III' ijiiii' I III itiiiililij iimtriimiiil," Page isa. "As the laws and usagrH of Ihn (VnifiHleruiy were intmstetl tu the guardian- ahip uf such Htriugs, one uf the Onondaga saclienis, t/d-n/i-ire-nti-fn, was consti- tuted " Keeper uf the Wampum," and was rei|uirud tu l>t< versed in its iuterpre- tstiuu." I.fiiijiie iAnKMAit's,/>'i" *"'«" ^..fortuue." Aud when h« " V^^j;;; J „S„ t,. .h. are.t Hp.rU.' be .PP*«1». w W every puff oC tUo wood wore utt oo ^^ ,^^ ^^^ ^^ ^_ ^^ NuUiM. f/ blankeU, Wfapoim, tih'ketx all. r»ge 180. ^ .1... Hiuo.1 aud ariuideiit In the ImU pl»y- » • might call H . noble B.m«. .ud 1 a.u '"^^ » ' . „„n..i.-. amou« t..« E..«li.h perfectlou In It. Nowhere U. the world. ^^"^ ^' .;„„ .., „.„ „,.y„a .o „d .ome o. the It.U.n r.ce., 1. the ««««'"»;; T^^^ a«aiu.t vUl»«... or rieXTriL ofteu reach . v.lue or a tUou-und doUar.. or raor.- ^^^^_ ^^ ^^ v„..M >iFUfbilrf,nhlinglfn-nr,irl'^« T»t'>V>U . AiiHun-imi'/il-oiii mm.' .,, , h.v* b«eH told by old men In New KngUnd. who reraeralwrod without •ttempting to make the KuHt rcsi-taucc.." „„^ „ "^V<.«. . i-n.nple wU. •" ..U...„enor.hlefaotthatthe.roauoUw...Ho^^^^^^^^^ wirtom of their .y.tem of ^-''f"'"""' "'"' '^^^^rconfLno^ rimlUr Union to the British CoIouIch. In the In.portunt «<""«"" lifw^im Cnntt-ea-te-go. a re-pected .ac.U'm. rxpre«»ed thi. y** «"" • . .7o™f Peuu.ylv.nla, Vlrgtula, and M,iryland: • Oar wis. f ore'.ther. ~uSrrion r„d .nC.e^ween the W NaUon. ThlB ha. B'-^ ^d :iTiS authority with our neighboring n.tion.. We .«, a ro'*^"';-;;^- !Z; ^d by obeerviug the .amo methodB our wl^e forefathen. have t»ken, you S^tre ',^"-^n«th and power, Therefore I counsel you. whatever bef aU, «nii nmnr to fall out with one another.' '^."noZ. 0.1 bright day. of Greece could have more tnUy app«*endod the •eorot of their own power Mid .uooeM." ^ ^ gcoowiRArT. Vol. HI. P. »«»• ifOTKft. m •ought:- »'»«• *"■• rU»tev«r hB d»)«»,.hl» ptp* tn It lu huu««f. w»»>*^ •"* " 11 In Uje pipe •" *'>'"'» 1 ti> the OrMt Bplrl»." ■ii(r ' . iinaent in the ImU pUy. I Ihc'BK uttvagcii ttttain Huoh ,iu»iw, umouH tliB Eii«ll»li ,110 t;"™' "' ''*" l'''*""^ "" y vlllami aKaiunt vlUaKK, or anil the warcH uii 1 R/age 'JIM. , Hlrongly Impreased with the ley publicly recommended % irtant conferenoee at Lwoaa- . rxproaaed thia view to tie ryland: ' Oiir wisj f ore'athera ons. This has given ua great I. We arc a pow«Wul oonfed- ^e forefathers ha,ve taken, you [ counael you, whatever befalla Its more truly apprehended the HOOLORAFT, VOl. !"• P- l**- "TIU eHihu nil ux'i'f carvtd and wrought Pa«e 930. " Out of thf itkuUt of warriort tiend,- Tht trophi'ft fi'oni thtbuHlf brought." '■" Moit dlatlngnlahod, however, altove all othcrii, eaat or weat, was a leader of great courage and wladora and addreaa, called Ot-o-tar^ho; aud when they pnv po«ee seut to hell for kllUng him; but the red m-'i, having no hand hi his death, were clear of that crime. The Bavlour was not sent to them, the alonemeut not made for thein, nor tha Bible given to them. "If the Great Hplrit had Intended they should be Chrlatlaua, he would hav» madehlareveUtlonatothemaswellas the whitea; and not having made it, tt WM dearly hla will that they should continue lu the faith of their fathers." Camfbell's Indian Tribt» of North AmtrUa. , Note «X "6i, battlt-fifld, III roiiiiHt-hall, Page MJ. Alike created to commuHd." "The Oneida sachem, Bken-au-do, electrlfted the moral community when » hundred yearn had cast their frosts around hla noble aud majeetlo brow, by viewt Ql the tenure and deetinlea of life, which were worthy of the Ups of Job." H. B. SOBOObOBArT, Vol. III. p. IW. yOTES, m if Koto 63. "Oraiulfather wlif, DO stretch yoHT»(lf-Ne-,m->ho braver' Page an. Do stretcn. yoiirefy— ">^ ■-- .„0b,ecU.ut.en.ateH^.or,at..n«e„a.w.^'^tUe^^^^^^^^^ Uvtag and mteUigent spirit, birds, "P"'^^"^^^,.^, ^'^e tree* of the forest, the I^U .re often i«ldressed as brother or 8r«.df.tl^. ,„ bis^yers, «.d ,ho.. Stones that Be along his pathway, have e..^. open power he Invokes in the hour of p.>ril. Note M "Our hearts are gooii, but ilo not »«* For more to get our lilH* la>"l" Page an. for more w yei vub'-me, Os'-odbHos'-wk, O-nok'-ba, O'-HUST, O-WAUAl'-OCT, Pao-pok-kkb;' wis, pncK-WcnJ'-iB9. Sah'-wah, . Ba-w-saw-qcan', BCHO-'SA-BA'-MUt, The forest. TUcGameofPlo«M»««'*'' Great snake. Great sturgeon. T»ip wood-pecker. May. . The red-headed wood-pccker. The loon. Medicine Man, or Priest. The elk. The West Wind. I pleasant.. and. asof the wind. The moose. AYater Spirit*. The otter. Swecf.ieart. The wind. The plieasant. The pine tree. The stars. The s'now. The wolf. The pigeon. Men surpassing all Others. ' The hass. The Indian corn. Maize. Death. A. trickster. The little men; Fairies. The perch. The death-whoop The hean. mr*m VOVABULART ZVt an. scker. led wood^wcker. an, or Priest. Vind. 8 ,uad, as of the wind rila. sant. tree. f. son. passing all bttew. iS. lian corn, Maize. jler. Llemen;FalrliB». rch. jath-whoop san. Bb-bow-ibb'-a, Bko-wun', BHAW'-aHAvr, SnOW-ON-DA'^flBB, Boan-qb-ta'-hI, 8hin'4}b-bib, Skan-o'-do, SO'-RA, SO-HA-OT', SO-HA-HI*, Ta'-wis, Tl-O'-TO, TO'-TBM, Unk-ta-he', UNO'-WtJI>, Wa' -BUN An 'UNO, Wa-bb.w1'.wa, Wa-won-ais'-ba, Wa-wa, Wamp'-cm, Wau'-bos, Wau-bb-zbk', TTo-ne'-da, Wa-zha-wand", Yek'-wai, YO'NOND, YO-SOH'-TO, Yo-TO-BO«'-ifO, YONG'-WB, * The outer column A rivulet. The Spring. The swallow. The South Wind. The Btrong-heartfed. The diver, or grebe. The deer The duck. The turkey. The outlet of the Onondaga Lake. The snipe. Cross Lake. The Indian's Heraldic emblema. The God of water. The turtle. The Morning Star. The white goose: The whippoorwill. The wild goose. Strings of beads, also woven into The hare. [belts. Bee Note 88 The swan. The Moon. The Maker of the World. The bear. A mountain. A hill. \ stream. Woman, mostly Algonquin, the inner IroqttoiB. If •.^- ART LIFE AND ( THER POEMS, B» BENJAMIN HATHAWAY. -•.o:- -PUCB 91.00, Second Thousand Revised. S. C. GRIGGS d- CO., CHICAGO. Full Gilt, f 1.26. opiyroxs of tub pbess. "A now book by a new aiUhor, at Itast new to u«, bnt one who gives ns poeww of . pure oh»n«:ter and of a high oider A book of greater poeUo merit haa not appeared for years pa8t."-S/. LouU ChiMian Advocate. " 'Art-LHo and Other Poems ' almost plaoes Mr. Hathaway on an equal atBid- iDg with the most popular poeU of the country."— r/ttcaffo riint*. " Some of the shorter lyrics wouM do credit to famed pons."— Bo«/p« Tra veler. " While we should pass i.iany of these poems by as unattractive at a ttrat glance, a lltUe peep here and there convinces us, that the writer Is not only possessed of the true inspiration, but that he is competent to express his thoughte In feUcit- pus language." — IiiJer-Ocean, "ThereadhjgpubliowiUflndit amply lit to hold lU place among American poems."— 9"i«'y )yhig. "His name Is a new one lu the Uteiarj- world, but it this Uttle book is an index of his power, it la desUned to become widely known."— Pco;Ja TraMcHltt.. «' His writings indicate talent of a high order. There is much true poetry- boautlful thought lu beautiful lauguage-lp the hook."— JiickM„vUU.Jouri,al, "Many of the poems are gems, and contain passages that would do credit to Dryden, whom his style somewhat resem'-les."-ifa!/ City Daily Tiibune. " The author of this volume has poetic genius. There are many passag JS 'n different poems, of surpassing beauty."— S«. Loaia Central BaptttL "The«)UeoUon will be very welcome to those who love quiet, home and flre- eide poetry."— C<«te' Mr. Jtathaway has undoubtedly poetlo inspiration and a broad and ftrtllo im- agination. . . . His poems are of a class which show culture and genius, and have the Tr.ertU of originality, fervor, ImaginaUon and ttaU^.''-SacrameiUo Becot4 Union, opr.ifw.ys OF tiik pRKfif!. S, CAGO. FuLi. Gilt, f 1.26. •ss. nt one who gives us poepia A book of greater poetic hikttan Advocate. tthaway on an equal ttaad- icago Timfs, ■foia."— Boston Traveler, unattractive at a first glance, iter Is not only possessed of 'ess bis thoughts In felicit- Ita place among American t this little book is an index '-^Peoria Tranacripl. rhere is much true poetry— k."—/(ie.Knoii ville Journal, iges that would do credit to / Citij Daily Tribune. Chere are many passag:>i, iu Ventral Baptist. lo love quiet, home and firo- n and a broad and ftrtUo im- how cultirfo and genius, and J and truth."— Sac/'am*»i06uih liy n new poet -and we use thli^ uanii? Iu Its true S;!irltUBl and artistic sense. Tiio author st:irt» up l;;i« a blnlfrom somf* wood- laud seclusion soariug on stro.ig wiugs aud singing new taay*, and he mart attract attention. ... If a critical reader wrire to open the t>ook carelesrtjr •! any page aiid rend a poem, his interest would inevitably be awshensd to such all extent that he w.>il:l tani to the tUle-paye to diKi.-over the author. Th^MM would find an ir.i::;ijw:i iiaiiie iu literature, and ho wo-.ild be tnflultely MrpHWfc Then in the spirit of a diHover.T he wo I'.d read every poem In t'ls iMJOi atMl cod* tiuually wonder where this sw.-et a;ij aix'oniiiKshea singer couM have liMB ktdint himself BO lung. .. . Hitluway inpot a erudo versifier. Ho haa bean loat <* study aud practice somewiiure. Hi !.<» ma.iler of vernillcation and em'iodlfcalils thought iu t>eautlful forms. They are new forms too, aud not laatastical either. The Bow of the verses Is always in p 'r.V'i't har:n )uy with the poetic idea. They Bometlnies come In torrents aud swPe.i luto an expaaje of hroaJ f.iought, which mirrors the calm of nat.ire and th j r.'pose of the sympathizing soul that Is sing- ing its sung for relief fi-jm its fiilliiMs of rau.i;c and power. Tho licyk is a hymned prayer for power, aild the snXtaiice of tile prayer is work. The artistic longing, the potent aa.r..'atipu^j»,-a5iiV,.\'.id Iu trnasoii;{, 'Arl-Ufs' is In the key of Byron's ' Chil-.l3 Harold,' h ) (\: t.i j r !.l urtive p m-i. > "AMiohigau ;;»<•/, VrO.;'.ly'o/i::o name." — Croud Hajiids Eteiilnij Poitl. "Throughout these rci\.rds of a quiet country life, are scattered gems of poetry, thouglit aad ssntim.'ut l!iat will wjll reiwy perusal unil posxerfsiou of t!ie volume. A'fojo.^t ram'ole or an u:niless stroll upon tlie beacii would lie enrlclieil by tho companionship which many of tliese shoit poems might furnish One seutuneiu ri|iu throUKll itll "'« poems -the glory aud reward of labor- -de- velopment,— Art taken in Its broadest sense,— Creation I.uveis the inspiration of Art, and Aft the destined means for t!ie uttalnmeiit of jwrfect- ness." — Port Huron Jinus, I.J ■ " While it may be too soon to say that a new poet ha» appeared. It is very cer- tain that the poems comprising this vbtunie are of more than ordinary merit. They are chaructt!rl«od by sniuothness of versiflcatlon, a felicity of expression e'^gance of language and beauty of imagery. Some of the dc;icriptl\e))Ocni8 would do credit to poets of established reputation, so dear and beaiitifnl are tlie pictureB presented; while others display a vigor of thought and expression ijuHe lare in the poetry of the day. The poems, while good in themselvcK, are a proui* tae of b«tter to come." — Erening Wisconsin, L„