The league of the Iroquois and other legends : from the Indian muse

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SONG OP NYAH-TAH-WANTA.
SOAN-GE-TAHA !
Soan-ge-taha brave and strong !
my sweetheart ! Beloved ! waited long ;
Thee, the Mighty, in my vision did I see ;
When I look on my beloved
I look on Thee.*
it is when
And the twinkling 0-jis-hon-da, brightly twinkling,
Seem to tell :
"Hayo-went-ha come to woo Nyah-tah-wanta,
That is well."
Hayo-went-ha, Hayo-went-ha, great is he ;
Come to woo Nyah-tah-wanta can it be ?
And he calls her lovely Kax-aa is it so ?
But a lowly, simple maid Nyah-tah-wanta
That I know.
He, the Home-wind, sweet Kee- way-din, soothly singing,
Seems to tell :
" Hayo-weut-ha come to woo Nyah-tah-wanta,
That is well."
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*See the " Ojibwa Song" in Oneota. By H. K. SCHOOLCBAFT.