The Indian Princess, Me-nung-gah: And Other PoemsR. G. Badger, 1912 - 148 pages |
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... young manhood when he attended school with Indian children as classmates and playmates and was for some time employed as the official U. S. Interpreter . Hearing often from their own lips the stories of their trials and hardships ; of ...
... young manhood when he attended school with Indian children as classmates and playmates and was for some time employed as the official U. S. Interpreter . Hearing often from their own lips the stories of their trials and hardships ; of ...
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... Young Lady of Twenty - Five . 104 The Man With An Axe .. 105 Story of The Chrysanthemum . 106 Daring ... 107 A Pansy .. 108 Crab - Apple Blossoms . 108 Mother .... 109 To The Mountains . 110 To James Whitcomb Riley . 111 A Tale of The ...
... Young Lady of Twenty - Five . 104 The Man With An Axe .. 105 Story of The Chrysanthemum . 106 Daring ... 107 A Pansy .. 108 Crab - Apple Blossoms . 108 Mother .... 109 To The Mountains . 110 To James Whitcomb Riley . 111 A Tale of The ...
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... young braves and warriors Ne - kah - shinga , wah - si - sig - ga Wah - ko and his shin - gah - shin - gah Of his brave and daring ventures In the land of the Da - ko - tahs . Of the scalps that he had taken ; Of the 13 THE INDIAN ...
... young braves and warriors Ne - kah - shinga , wah - si - sig - ga Wah - ko and his shin - gah - shin - gah Of his brave and daring ventures In the land of the Da - ko - tahs . Of the scalps that he had taken ; Of the 13 THE INDIAN ...
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... Young men listening in wonder At the story he was telling , Came a young man from the river Saying , " Yonder on the water Comes a mighty heaving monster , Sounding like the voice of thunder , Belching fire like some great demon : It ...
... Young men listening in wonder At the story he was telling , Came a young man from the river Saying , " Yonder on the water Comes a mighty heaving monster , Sounding like the voice of thunder , Belching fire like some great demon : It ...
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... young men crazy ; Make us slay our wife or brother As he did our great ancestors . Shall we let him come among us ? Shall we not the rather slay him , Throw his carcass on the water , Float it down to warn his brother Of the danger of ...
... young men crazy ; Make us slay our wife or brother As he did our great ancestors . Shall we let him come among us ? Shall we not the rather slay him , Throw his carcass on the water , Float it down to warn his brother Of the danger 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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