Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-28
POLITICAL.
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WASHINGTON AND THE INDIAN CHIEF.

,,.n, ,n,r;, Fingers DER the Indian forest STILL
r the corveou, setting gds yonder pine-ero~ned
hill;
q, circles through the storied slade' glory fancy
And voice. murnur sofs and low, ~ soun'"nu' 'f 'he
.rr, OF their race has vanished from their side,
VIM. rejoicing his power MsOurs whrnS tide
While mad Niasaras waters Wild, roll on with lrisspra!'
c., Nature, diadem upon her coronation day
yyhp .i,bamas peaceful name still bids the wearea res
A, when the Indian tribes driven, stu 's'ne
West
IT.. naused BY fair oho's stream the Indian Chie'
e ,h.,.,,v ,b.de bent TO the verdansshore
And DER the waters deep repose, inh '"e~'
sun, .. ~ ~ ,surxorox
ri. o,or,or, lance to the fame OF
T,,ovS serene NO eve Of pride the mase's0u oe'a'eu
.,., ond HI, brow were laures wreatheo' whose hues
could never fade
~ -, ~, made his native land, Acknowledged by the
nation TO the Heavens, her Stripes and Stars
unfurled
A., aor The forests deepening slades the mellow sunset
And In fair Natures sacred AISLE they stood that once were
shadow crossed the swarhy brow OF proud Indian
Chief,
look Of awe and reverence stroVe WIN paS'''' ""N
brief;
And then he spoke In accents low at ' then clear anu
bold,
g., I,d,., p,,.rancc poured the story that he told
81 come, oh mighty guiding star, of hope and freedom
light, ,,.,.
might;
Acan,, whose noble life in vain raised the arm OF Pue
When wars red thunder rolled along aononsaheas SIDE
When dashed the warrant on the trail and eager lot VIC
strife, go,
sought, amid the musse,s crash end the charmed life
But as the randrop the cloud star that leaves inc
sky,
MD ,h. red Ratchet sink before Manittos eye
M.no through the warpah guides and guards the chosen
one,
mower 1, vain before IxxoxTAL WASHINGTON
~. ,onv and ,,I-es, grass his head the Chieftain
- bent,
Al ,r;s. "a, BUNDLED 10 the man. Mantle, will had SENT
And when he raised the gterng eye and darly painted
LII, hand was elasped in his friendship 10 be-
speak;
And that calm voice whose had ruled the battles dsrS
array,
When In Columbia, he won the fierce aud bloody
The might Patriot band, beneath its arm control
As,uased the tempest II had raised and s,ed the indian
soul
rs. randrop brother leaves the cloud at one supreme
behest,
The ,ky can bid the star 90 FORTH It Graded In Its breast
Yield no, TO me the victors m-ed In peace let all unite
For equally Gods eye behods the red man aud the white
The sunsets son and fading rays. the Indian forest lave
And bright and golden fall the beams DER fair Oho wave
Du, light Of surely deeper power and OF holier SPELL
Across that form Of nobleness in halo radiance Tell
The shepherds PATH the Mags road, in humble ai'h ne
trod,
Nor all nigh, and power turned back his step
from God
And in the life Of bard or king warrior chief or sage
A single finger point. unto the deathless heritage;
On the vide prare expanse guide the traveller
way,
To aid hin, in the wilderness OF silent night aud day,
A solitary blossom blooms 10 cheer the weary hour.
Tn. landmark where lost footsteps stray the Indians conf
pass flower;
So on the vast expanse Of life the ehanges guide nSh
The loadsone points within the mne the poestar in the
sky;
And on this earth the nober way Of earnest Faith gwen
The ed hand OF Truth and Right point, silently to iea
Boonvire, Missouri PtoaEscr ". BoHSoS