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

160 THE LEAGUE OF THE IROQVOIS.
Cayugas,
Ye whose homes are builded nigh
Where the open country lies ;
Ye whose wigwams, wide and high,
Show a skillful hand and wise ;
For in this, that in your fields
Much of corn and beans I see,
That your patient labor yields,
Fifth shall in the Council be. 44
Brothers !
that before me stand,
Though of many a lodge and name,
Though of many a tribe and band.
One in hope and one in fame !
In this bond united be :
None shall make your hearts afraid ;
You a Nation great and free,
Never foe will dare invade.
And to you with feeble hands
That a fishing people are ;
And to you the scattered bands
Widely wandering everywhere,
Strength shall this alliance lend ;
So the weaker may not fall,
But the weakest find a friend
In the friendliness of all.