Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-06-13

where the western sun is glowing,
All the broad plain overlooking,
With It's golden food OF daylight
Where the harvest moon Ia brightest,
Pouring silver DER the sleep world
Where the long grass waycth ever,
In the strong or gentle west wind;
Where the scented flower. open
Nectar'd cups to busy, brown bees--
Tiny, busy, little Wild bees,
Lahore music wildly humming-
Groves OF forests by the rivcrs,
BENDING slender branches downward,
Mark the course OF nowlng rivers,
Dip with dewiets all their green leaves.
Once the red man lorded proudly,
Claimed Ia blue skies, waters hunt grounds,
Reverd In Its milk and honey.
stretched HE gr ,ut limbs In tho oak shade,
Chased the bison on the prairie,
Sang wild war songs Mt his lodge door,
Taught his children strange old legends.
Thus nj eventlde chleitain,
Listening to the purling waters,
Watching now his curling pipe fumes,
Smiled blessing ON hIsPeople,
Calmly taught his sons aud daughters.
Told story OF the river,
Why they named II Weeping Water.
Told atale Of strange adventure,
Tale Of sorrow, tale OF wooing,
orphan'd maiden, lost ,forsaken,
Wandering out TO weep and die.
How he found her by the river.
Weeping. shlyerIng, drenched with spray
Saw the Water Spirits hov'ring,
Saw thcm blessing with n baptism,
Hope disiilld, with holy peace hands,
Gushing from a little rock cup,
Gurgling ,babbling, o'er the pebbles,
Smiling, glIst'ning In the sunlight
oashing gayiy down the ledge rock,
Came the streamlet near the weeper;
Waved back, from the beauteous woeper.
Sonly hushing all i.s gladness,
signs are echoed In In Its rippiings,
Tears ATE gathering In liza bosom,
Spread n tear mist o'er the willows,
Hung drop on leaf, and grass blade,
Sobbing fell, In drlppings DER her.
Aud the Water Spirits parted
Back tho foliage shadows from her,
Let the SUM- rays down upon her,
Shed rainbow halo round her.
Ev'ry dewlet on the grass blades,
Ey'ry tear drop on the branches.
Mingled In the radiant glory,
Strove 10 lifl her sorrow from her,
Gazed the chief In admiration.
WONDERED II she were goddess,
WONDERED if she were n woman;
Watched her long In doubling silence;
Bravely went and stood beside her,
Parted back her raven tresscs,
Stoop'd and klss'd her Jeweled fingers
Pointed 10 tho water weeping,
Pointed TO the fairy spirits
Listend to the mournor's story
Spoke Kind words OF consolation
Wood and won the maiden's lone heart
Bulta home beside the river
Named the river Weeping Water.
Red Chief long ago has perish'd,
Mourning maiden sleeps beside him,
Bridges bind the murm'rlng river.
Long forget It's Indian Legend.
White men hew the giant forests,
Sweeps the steam.horso DER the smooth
plain,
Proudly waves the Nations banner,
Brightly CLEAN tho Stars OF Freedom.
iitill we sing the Weeping Water,
Sun we note It's wondrous story,
Fain would save from dark oblivion,
All Its past,-yet tell the present
When the early spring was wa1ing
Up the cold earth from Its sleeping,
Aud the pale buds just unfolding,
Yellow leaflets 10 the sunlight
When the dark and swollen waters,
Rash'd with fury down the ledge rock
Came guest Of honored merit,
Nation honored--brave "Abe Lincoln
Heard the maddene ed river roaring,
Saw tho foaming. Weeping Water;
saw no tear drops, saw no rainbows;
Water spirits changed 10 muskratf--
Heard its name but not its legend
Thought OF big child crying "boohoo."
With the song of MInnehaha.
Ringing DREAMY through his mom'ry,-
Laughing Minne-Minnehaha;-
Crying Minne-wit suggested
Why not name II MinncbOohoo7
Weeping Minneboohoo
Far and wide among the people,
Sounds the fame OF "old Abe Lincoln
Faithful, earnest, Honest manhood
No man can compete with Lincoln.
Honest wit shall have the preference,
Though II conflict Indian yeTson,--
Weeping -Minneboohoo.
TERRK-IIAuTF, JuxF. LIZZIE.