New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-06
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r'ro-n her haUuts among Ihe
f'Hefed her loud cry OF famine,
Ard Moudamin paased 10 listen.
Tai and beautiful he s'ooh ,neIo'
T, his gsrnents greeu and yellow
To and fro bis olumes above niu, .h;,n
U.-eS ana nodded with his orea'NAs'
"a tbe sye.t of the encountei
S,oos ike drops Of DEG upon nun
81 "A he cried. 90 HiaTsAs'
prsxe,y have you wIesueo WV no,
&C. have wfeStled s'oo,iy "IIo me a.
AID The Nasier of LIE VINO teeS u.s.
He iii iii give 70 you the triumph "
n Tn w.. be sniled snd said: 60 TO morrow
q. he lad dsy Of your conflict,
1s tbs jsst day of ) our fasting.
Won xijl nonq aer sad o'ercone me-
Mske bed for me TO lie il,
Wbere the rain may fall u pom me,
Where the sun may come and warm me;
Strip these garments, green aid yellow,
Strip this n,ddiog plun.ge from me,
Law M in the ear'h, and make 1t
Soft and l0Oss snd light above me.
Gle, no hand disturb my slumber,
Let no weed nor worm modest me,
Let not X ahgabgee, the raven,
Come to haunt me and modest me,
Only come yourself TO watch me,
Till wake and start, and quicken,
TIL leap into the sunshine"
And thys saying, he departed;
Peacefully slept Hiswaths,
But he heard the WawOaa'sss,
Heard the whipporwIl complaining,
Perched upon bis lonely wig~am;
Heard the rushing SebO Fisha,
Heard thu rivulet ripping near him,
Talking TO the derksOme forest;
Heard tbs signing Of the branchs,
As they lifted and subsidized
At tho pacing Of the nightwind,
Heard t1em as one hears in slumber
Far.off murnurs dreamy vhi5pers;
Peacefully sept Hiswaths.
On the morrow C me n JkO mis-
On the seventh day o. his fssting,
Cane with food for Hisw ,tha,
Cane iInp'ofiTg and bewailing,
Lest bis hunger shOuld o'ercOne him,
Lest his fasting should be fatal.
But DO tasted not, and touched not,
Dolly said TO Der, D" NOk Onis,
Wait yntd the sun is setting,
Till The darkness falls around US,
Till the heyoa, the huh.shuh-gah,
CRYING from the desOlate marshes
TelIs Va hat the day is ended"
Homewsrd weeping went Nokomb,
SorroviDg for her Hia wsths,
Fearing lest his strength should fail tam,
Let bis fasting should be fatal.
He me anWhiie sat weary waiting
For the coming Of Monfamin,
Till the shadows, pOiStiog east ward,
I>engtheneo over field aud forest.
TIL the sun dropped fro n the heaven,
Floating on the waters westward,
As REQ leaf in the Autumn
Falls and floats upon tn wa'er,
Falls AID sinks into it, bosom.
ADd behold the young MOndamin,
With hiB soft an shiuiOg tresses,
With bis garments green aud yellow,
With HE lOpg and glossy plumage,
Stood and beckOned at the doorway.
And as one in sum5er wall ng,
Pale and bsggard, hut undalnted,
From the 1igwam Hiawa ha
Came and TIestled with Mondamn.
Round about him spun the landscape,
Sky std fOres. Teeled toge her,
Aud his et,oug heart leaped within him,
AS the Sturgeon leaps and struggle,
In nes to break rs meshes.
Like ring of FIRE around him
Blazed aud tlaIed he red horizon,
And hundred suus seemed looking
At the combat OF the wrsstler5.
Su6deOly upon the greenswsrd
All alone stood Hagatha,
Painting with his wild exerion,
Pa'pitating with the struggle
Ard before him, brcaihless lifeless,
Lay the youth, with hair disheveLed,
PlumaSe torn, and garmeGts tattered,
Dead he lay there in the SUNSET.
Ana victorious iliawath4
Made the grave as he comm Snded,
Stripped tie garments from Mondamin,
Strip ed h.s tsttered plumgge from him,
Laid hun in the earth, anc made II
Soft aud loose ana liSb above him;
And the heron, the Shuh-shnh-gah,
From the melancholy moOrands,
Gave a cry Of lamentation,
Gave a cry Of pain and anguish
Homeward then went Hia satba
To the lodge OF old Nok0mis,
And the sevcn days of bis fasting
Were accumulated anu completed.
But TIE place was lot FORGOTTEN
Where he wresiied with MOndamin;
Nor forgotten nor nesle ted
Was tue grave whore lay Mondsmin,
Sleeping ia the rain and sunshine,
Where his scattered plumes aud garments
Faded 10 the rain and sur shine.
Day by cay did Hiawatha
Go to wait and watch besi lie it,
Kept the dark mold soft above it,
Kept Il clean from weeds and insects,
Drove AWAY, with scohs and shoutings,
Kshga hgte, the king of ravens.
Til at length small green feather
From the Faith shot slowly upward,
Then another ard another,
And before the Summer ended
Stood the maize in all lis beauty,
With i's shining robes about it,
And its long, sOft, yellow trtsses;
And in rapture HIswa'ha
Cried aloud. :" 1t is Moudamin
Yes, the friend Of man, Mondamin 20
Then he cal ed to old Nokonis
And Iasoo, the great bosster,
Showed them where the maize was growing
Told them OF bis wondrous vision,
or his wrestling aud his triumph,
OF this pew gift TO the nations,
Which should be their foo forever.
AND still later, when the Autumn
Chans ed the long, green leaves to yellow,
And the soft and isicy kernels
Grew like wappum hard aud yellow,
Then the Iipened earn he gathered,
Stripped the withered husks from of them,
As he once had stripped the wrestler,
Gave the FIST Feast Of Mondamin,
And made Known unto the people
This new gin of the Crest Spirit.
Q pass over a wide space in the narrAtiv
ng the woOing of Minnehaha the l.
hing Water, the weddiDg-feast, the
que blessing of the corn fields, and va
dical legends of Ojibwsy life, to make
le description of famine which brings
q upon the home Of Hiawatha