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

176 THE LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS.
There fell a hush on all the land
A hush portentous as a cry ;
Then with one tongue, one purpose grand,
In peal on peal that thundered by,
Broke from the answering multitude :
"Yea! Knee-hah ! Knee-hah !
E-ghe-aP
Reechoed from the farthest wood
"Yea! Father, Father, yea !" and "yea!"
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Ere sank the scream of wakened bird
To silence on the widening plain ;
Ere Echo there, that startled heard,
Had ceased to answer back