Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-02
RICHMOND WHIG.
lfrom the Louisville JournaLl
LEGENDS OF THE soUrH-No H.
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Tssi@, h.. i.a sS Ss' ,Gsrs,ns
fully b, anI AND a. ss.s I an sa,sau,t place
The eve erep; ues,vsrd-du,iy shade,
stole through the forest fanes,
. Sighed Ger the festhery eans,
Sss.s "S.s.s s Ii. .;Iss G1saias S 3sss siss
The ehirp Of some small, restless bird
Yet no. quite H'sis ,s.ishsS Ga sGsoy 10 T...: .s:'
The s,isLe. bi,hs, and taty-dd.
Am Am d sgeo.sring branches hid,
A; half assured, and halEafraid<
And ai,s rom aas as, ~. bis is. is.,s.rn wing.
fts ~ Ss ss,i.ssSay IisSslE -sSS.ss sSip. nm ~,
Anu though 'isas scarcely nivhtf,u w.,
Th IN ne :aase sas sr.sa1 y4a rs.s n.s .s
On old CoosaWdas plain.
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In ranks within circle viJ.
were ranged the warriors, side by ,ld.
kss ksy sSlsy ,., !,s on :, s,sa vi..sssa..a
Eas roek.d the hearts thas burned below.
20 Sord no whisper \ sound
The calumet I'M n va, - p.s..3 ss.ty round
Ih;n , tor,h from oG; the shadow rose
Sn,h Sshis,esfors G,, ,ss whose hatfh.t'.sIo~s
Had quailed, fed aghast
essTGiss srasnd s"f!s x. fsis s,s. s:s
Glit,ernE. and icy cold. A. there '''
aesau not men ba; vacant air
s.paa's q IA s.ia Siaai aa ssd Of blood
In silence thus he stands awhile
anon xn. dep and uurky sn-
The .lqnSer m. from oa II. fiI@Ss brow.
AsdarE, cold uists q ornnv,,j,h,
H. .aai sIfna Sa. ',aI aSs noSSaP as.a
intshrtt,, and i,ar,le. like ihse cry
~ -, An;hsd eage-from N hi, heart
Liie 20 a rushing Siad d' ,Sa, R.;'iSf Srins. ssa''
The heree Light tempest q ts wings,
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"Teeumseh has duelt where the rbp,a.,h,,
1b ss ts S.s, & spi,. looi. a. himself in
hns Ans iS,ls m, sba 70 .ns s1n,hns HI. storm
The secret approach of your m-rciless fse
Hi, deep thought, grow deeper .,,,.ra,., ,,,.,
Ws.n ,b rgaIt ee. Sras S h'ter his vision clear;
As ihe nigh, eillsih ou; on her sh.doxy way
i"e hoArse rush Of rivers unheard n The day
Like the tar-'Oundng sweep Of the rocL,o.r.n, r,t.,
With the eve OF pG S he bed stream st Daughter
ciiasGnsd With Sff. fais, The shore
And his soul like the shaft in a rtro ng .bend.1 box
Is hquiVerns ani ieaping To strike down the Zoe
LIE seI listen ;hs Georgian Ia, your lands,
,5Ae the sIasedoEsJe heard-ye ob-yed hi, cammsn,.
nIsEoEer around ye will slowly estsinr
Sn.i; as the great oak is srushed by the vim.
ie -" IKE weak women, and perish at length
i r snare OF MS cunning, the his sire n1,h
"Te;uniseh has called ye at distance and ,.,r
SAyinB-dig up The hatchet q sharpen m. ~.
L-t ue symloi OF fAh and the peacep,n.
no sehi iorth the Red stiek-a terrible. totsr
nH1 MS words TO the wandering winds v. hsv. 60,
Anu Inv voice OF his warning uRheedsd hath ps,ssj
ne estood by the mounds OF your mighty and ,,,..s
,e IH'ei on the souls OF the sepuleh- red de.d.
ny vac zones o your fapsers that
ny me tears of your mothers over b-n x..nns
-; me mus o! coo,ANda, your anrient douu.in 50
nc mas called on their ehitren-ba called thrr, 4, x.t
.Ts1fLnnngoee Thiuceo your heart blood 1, Whit.
ehiei IN The xigSAm Ia nght
lou Sin NOT believe from the far, frox-n North
ny the h.nntos mandate am tnr,h
10 warn His red children OF evil, md SHOW "'
~ !he spells OF prophet, the path Of the t,,
you yet shall believe, when he sees the b,i,k..
ne siH stamp on the ground till the Thun,sr
VII shate down lodges and bury Won, -AAe''
- thIs'r tne Oh bones in the mounds OF your
lo1 yet shan believe in \ Of drr,i
"hen u shall not avail ye- TscHD.saA AI. s,LIri
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Days paS5ed-he people an1Iously
And firaidly looked forth;
They feared that warrior, bold anil fr..
Red champion ofthe North.
Yet safe tn ir chiefs Sinac