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

SONG OF HAYO-WENT-HA. 67
And I mind me I remember
It was she
Wove the royal robe and mantle,
All for me ;
And with sign, device and symbol
Wove it fair,
With the to-tems of my Nation
With the Tortoise, Wolf and Bear.
And I think me of the costly
Wampum -band ;
Of the snowy leggins, beaded
By her hand ;
Of the moccasins in whose stitch is
Strange
Many a gem ;
so often times to see them,
Only now the glittering hem.
And a marvel more I ponder
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So I deem ;
As if still her gentle fingers
Pressed the seam.
Many a wonder ! can it be so ?
I have thought
Something from the hand still lingers
In the work the hand has wrought.
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