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

200 THE LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS.
Standing in the Council-place
Has he taught you to be strong
In the battle,, in the chase ;
Ever swift to right the wrong,
And no less the good requite
To be wise as to be great ;
Taught you that the arm of might
Must on Oway-neo wait.
Though the warrior's noble crown
Is the trophy and the scar,
And the glorious renown
Won in honorable war ;
Taught he of a fairer fame
With all manliness arrayed ;
By the home-delighting flame,
By the wigwam's mat and shade.
And the fairest gift of all
That his willing hand has wrought,
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That shall never darkly fall,
But with fullest blessing fraught
To all people everywhere,
Dwellers in the farthest wood,
Shall a proud example bear,
Is this Bond of Brotherhood.