This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...left Suddenly he leaped, and tow'rds the bluff that bounds the river sped he Like a deer, leaping chasm and cleft. "At his daring, for a moment, all his foes were struck with wonder; Only for a moment; then they, spreading out, gave chase to him. Like a leopard through the jungle, onward leaped he tow ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...left Suddenly he leaped, and tow'rds the bluff that bounds the river sped he Like a deer, leaping chasm and cleft. "At his daring, for a moment, all his foes were struck with wonder; Only for a moment; then they, spreading out, gave chase to him. Like a leopard through the jungle, onward leaped he tow'rds the river, Straining ev'ry nerve and limb. " Thay-en-da-ga reached the sheer bluffs far ahead of his pursuers, And, with loud yell of defiance, sprang into the waters green. As his foes, half-crazed with anger, o'er the jagged crags peered downward, Nowhere was he to be seen. " Some in ambush hid, while others hurried up and down the river, Searching ev'ry cleft and hollow, yet found not a trace of him; Thought they then that he was lying drowned within the river, or had, Unseen, swam adown the stream. " In great shame the baffled warriors, chaffed by all their squaws and children, Ere the evening, left the river, and unto their camp returned. That the Huron without torture had died glad was Min-ne-ko-ma, Though she greatly for him mourned. " Through the fields and through the forests, when the birds were singing gayly, In the Moon of FJow'rs were singing, ev'ry day she wandered forth; All alone she wandered, weeping, while the great trees whispered softly: 'Let your sorrow give place to mirth!' " And oft she in her canoe would float upon the sluggish river, Eank with flags and water-lilies, and with reeds and rushes green, Lighted by the fitful firef that all the ghosts of dead men kindle, And the moon the clouds between. " Moon of Flowers"--June. t This refers to the will-o'-the-wisp, etc., seen near graveyards and in swampy places. (Phosphuretted hydrogen, formed by the decomposition of bones and organic substances, remarkable for its...
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