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

ORIGIN OF THE SENECA NATION.
FAIR in a goodly land, beside
The springs of Canandaigua, still
Yo-non-to looms along the tide,
The lofty Nun-dow-aga Hill ;
That wide renowned in days of yore,
Still frequent breath of wonder stirs ;
Whose earthy, fecund bosom bore
A nation's great progenitors.
What time from out his shining home
The mighty Oway-neo came,
He to the rocky summit clomb,
And all the air was wrapped in flame ;
Bright seeming girt with fiery zone,
Though robed in mortal garb ;
His lofty brow with luster shone
Of love's diviner tenderness.
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