The Indian Princess, Me-nung-gah: And Other PoemsR. G. Badger, 1912 - 148 pages |
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... Hear me , hear your Wah - kun - dah - gee Who would save you from great danger , Who would save you from the stranger , Coming here with fire - water , That will drive from you your people , Drive them out to cold and hunger , As it ...
... Hear me , hear your Wah - kun - dah - gee Who would save you from great danger , Who would save you from the stranger , Coming here with fire - water , That will drive from you your people , Drive them out to cold and hunger , As it ...
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... hear my warning , Drive away the pale - faced stranger , Let him not come near your wigwams With his deadly fire - water . He will make your young men crazy , He will steal your wives and daughters . " Then saw he his chief before him ...
... hear my warning , Drive away the pale - faced stranger , Let him not come near your wigwams With his deadly fire - water . He will make your young men crazy , He will steal your wives and daughters . " Then saw he his chief before him ...
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... All my people too will hear you , Will obey your words of wisdom , And traditions of our fathers , Handed down through generations . We will not receive the pale - face But will drive him from our country , Should he 31 •
... All my people too will hear you , Will obey your words of wisdom , And traditions of our fathers , Handed down through generations . We will not receive the pale - face But will drive him from our country , Should he 31 •
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... hear and loves to tell it . Ah , but could this babbling brooklet Speak and tell us all the stories It has heard in trysting places , From the lovers on its borders , Would our boasted civil people Be the gainer or the loser By the ...
... hear and loves to tell it . Ah , but could this babbling brooklet Speak and tell us all the stories It has heard in trysting places , From the lovers on its borders , Would our boasted civil people Be the gainer or the loser By the ...
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... hear the ancient legends Of the once great tribe of Kon - zas . By the watchful care and nursing Of the old squaws who had known her , Me - nung - gah had soon recovered , For the knife had missed her vitals , And though badly stunned ...
... hear the ancient legends Of the once great tribe of Kon - zas . By the watchful care and nursing Of the old squaws who had known her , Me - nung - gah had soon recovered , For the knife had missed her vitals , And though badly stunned ...
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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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