Menana: A Romance of the Red Indians, in Ten Cantos, with Notes; to which are Added, The Death Robe, and Two Other Poems of the American WoodsThe author, 1861 - 198 pages |
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Menana: A Romance of the Red Indians, in Ten Cantos, with Notes; to which ... Thomas W. Kelly Affichage du livre entier - 1861 |
Menana: A Romance of the Red Indians, in Ten Cantos, with Notes; to which ... Thomas W. Kelly Affichage du livre entier - 1861 |
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appear'd arrows behold beneath betray'd birds bison blest bliss bosom boughs bow'r brave breast breath breath'd breeze bright brow canker-worm canoe captive charms Chateaubriand cheek chief death e'en e'er END OF CANTO eyes fain fatal fate father fear feel fix'd flame flowers foes fond forest gaz'd gaze gentle grace grief hath heart Heaven honor'd hope hour knew lake LAKE HURON leaves light limbs lips lone look lov'd maid maiden maize Manitou Menana mind Morah mother Natchez native ne'er North American Indians o'er once pain perchance pirogue poison'd Pratz pray'r race rais'd Red maid rude Sachem scene seem'd sigh sight Simaghan sire sleep soon soul spirit stray'd sweet tears Tekarrah tender thee thine thirsty traveller thou hast thought tree tribe turn'd twas twill warriors watch'd wave wigwam wild woods words young youth
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Page 40 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 20 - The very first Of human life must spring from woman's breast. Your first small words are taught you from her lips, Your first tears quench'd by her, and your last sighs Too often breathed out in a woman's hearing, When men have shrunk from the ignoble care Of watching the last hour of him who led them.
Page 4 - SAVAGES we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility ; they think the same of theirs. Perhaps, if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality, we should find no people so rude, as to be without any rules of politeness ; nor any so polite, as not to have some remains of rudeness. The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old...
Page 139 - ... them to a chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it; but he should consider them as the same flesh and blood with the christians, and the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts.
Page 128 - ... lakes. The succession in the tribes is in the female line, and the figure of the sacred animal is the Totem, which every individual of the tribe affixes, whenever his mark is necessary, or wherever he wishes to leave a memorial of himself. This beloved symbol adheres to him in death, and is painted upon the post, which marks his grave.
Page 158 - Before we went to our lodgings we entered the hut of the deceased, and found him on his bed of state, dressed in his finest cloaths, his face painted with vermilion, shod as if for a journey, with his feather-crown on his head.
Page 126 - We are happy in having buried under ground the " red axe, that has so often been dyed with the blood of our " brethren. Now, in this sort, we inter the axe, and plant the
Page 4 - Secota, one of their provinces, had among them, besides tlieir king, a degree of nobility who were more elegant in their dresses, particularly their hair, which they formed in various shapes, and adorned with the finest feathers they could procure. From their ears hung either large pearls, the feet of birds, or such other ornaments as the wearers fancied; and they painted both their faces and their bodies.
Page 26 - Here we saw no woods, except a few trees which were left round the island on the shore and formed as it were a tall, large hedge. The red maple (Acer rubrum) grows in abundance in several places. Its leaves are white or silvery on the under sides, and, when agitated by the wind, they make the tree appear as if it were full of white flowers. The water beech (Plantanus occidentalis) grows to a great height and is one of the best shade trees here.
Page 126 - We now plant a Tree who's tops will reach the sun, and its Branches spread far abroad, so that it shall be seen afar off; and we shall shelter ourselves under it, and live in Peace, without molestation.