The Indian Princess, Me-nung-gah: And Other PoemsR. G. Badger, 1912 - 148 pages |
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... winters No one knows and none can tell you , When the forests were primeval , When the sod was still unbroken , When the Red man was the owner Of the great trans - Mississippi , Sat a Savage Indian chieftain Telling his young braves and ...
... winters No one knows and none can tell you , When the forests were primeval , When the sod was still unbroken , When the Red man was the owner Of the great trans - Mississippi , Sat a Savage Indian chieftain Telling his young braves and ...
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... winter , I will take my band of people , Are they not one half the Kon - zas ? Now that it is in the summer , We will go into the south - land Following the herds of bison Till we reach the great Ne - shu - jah , Till we reach the great ...
... winter , I will take my band of people , Are they not one half the Kon - zas ? Now that it is in the summer , We will go into the south - land Following the herds of bison Till we reach the great Ne - shu - jah , Till we reach the great ...
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... winters ? There can be no doubt he said it , Else my friend would not have told me . But he drank the fire - water , Which I said would make him crazy ; He was crazy when he said it . He can never , never harm me ; I will never , never ...
... winters ? There can be no doubt he said it , Else my friend would not have told me . But he drank the fire - water , Which I said would make him crazy ; He was crazy when he said it . He can never , never harm me ; I will never , never ...
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... winter By the forests on the border Of the Tah - gu - hu , the Walnut . Go with me my braves and warriors To the land of peace and plenty ; To the land of which I'm speaking , On the southern Kon - zas border . You will find a Mo - zho ...
... winter By the forests on the border Of the Tah - gu - hu , the Walnut . Go with me my braves and warriors To the land of peace and plenty ; To the land of which I'm speaking , On the southern Kon - zas border . You will find a Mo - zho ...
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... winter Should assail with cold and hunger . Gladly did the chief Wah - tun - gah Tell his brother Shon - ga - sob - ba Then to take a band of Kon - zas , All who ready were to join him , And go out in search of bison . Then he beckoned ...
... winter Should assail with cold and hunger . Gladly did the chief Wah - tun - gah Tell his brother Shon - ga - sob - ba Then to take a band of Kon - zas , All who ready were to join him , And go out in search of bison . Then he beckoned ...
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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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