The Indian Princess, Me-nung-gah: And Other PoemsR. G. Badger, 1912 - 148 pages |
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... Comes a mighty heaving monster , Sounding like the voice of thunder , Belching fire like some great demon : It must be the great Wah - kun - dah . ' Rushing from a thousand tee - pees Came the Indians in amazement , Gazing there in ...
... Comes a mighty heaving monster , Sounding like the voice of thunder , Belching fire like some great demon : It must be the great Wah - kun - dah . ' Rushing from a thousand tee - pees Came the Indians in amazement , Gazing there in ...
Page 15
... come to steal our ponies . Now the pale - faced man has found us . He has with him pe - a - je - nee , He will give us fire - water ; He will make our young men crazy ; Make us slay our wife or brother As he did our great ancestors ...
... come to steal our ponies . Now the pale - faced man has found us . He has with him pe - a - je - nee , He will give us fire - water ; He will make our young men crazy ; Make us slay our wife or brother As he did our great ancestors ...
Page 18
... come , has come among us In his house upon the water , As he came to our forefathers , Bringing with him fire - water That , possessed of evil spirits , Will deprive us of our reason ; Drive our young 18.
... come , has come among us In his house upon the water , As he came to our forefathers , Bringing with him fire - water That , possessed of evil spirits , Will deprive us of our reason ; Drive our young 18.
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... come here To the land of all the Kon - zas ; To the land that we have chosen ; To the land where sleep our fathers In the rocks upon the hill - tops . Hear me , oh my people , hear me . " Thus the aged Wah - kun - dah - gee Plead all ...
... come here To the land of all the Kon - zas ; To the land that we have chosen ; To the land where sleep our fathers In the rocks upon the hill - tops . Hear me , oh my people , hear me . " Thus the aged Wah - kun - dah - gee Plead all ...
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... Comes in fierce and blinding fury . Shall I yield or shall I conquer ? " Meditated thus Wah - tun - gah As he sat within his wigwam , As he viewed the list of trinkets Brought him by the pale - faced stranger ; Trinkets bright , of ...
... Comes in fierce and blinding fury . Shall I yield or shall I conquer ? " Meditated thus Wah - tun - gah As he sat within his wigwam , As he viewed the list of trinkets Brought him by the pale - faced stranger ; Trinkets bright , of ...
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beautiful braves and warriors brooklet brother called CANTO chief Wah-tun-gah chiefs and braves chieftain CHRYSANTHEMUM Cleveland in Ohio cold and drear conquer corn pone Cripple Creek danger dare daughter dear deer dreams Drive E'er earth fair Me-nung-gah father fear feast field of battle flowers fought friends gems grow hated Pawnees hear heart herds of bison hill-top INDIAN PRINCESS JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY JULIA DENT GRANT Kansas kill land Lest Listen live lover loyal maiden marching mighty Mo-sho-jah morning mother mountain nation Ne-blas-ka never night once great tribe pale-faced stranger PAPOOSE plains Pon-cas ponies river Santa Claus Santa Fe Trail scalp-lock scalped Shon-ga-sob-ba slay smile soon sorrow spare ribs splendor stop at Cripple story strife sweet tell things thought told tribe of Kon-zas valley whence wife wigwam wild winter wish I knew woman women wonder young chief young Wah-ho-bec-ca
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