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

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ART LIFE<br />

AND<br />

OTHER POEMS,<br />

BY BENJAMIX HATHAWAY.<br />

Second Thous<strong>and</strong> Revised.<br />

:o:<br />

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CO., CHICAGO.<br />

PRICE $1.00, FULL GILT, $1.25.<br />

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'<br />

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have <strong>the</strong> merits <strong>of</strong> originality, fervor, imagination <strong>and</strong> truth." Sacramento<br />

Eecord Union.

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