That is true!
Being of mystery,--grown in the water--
He gave it to me!
To the face of our Grandfather stretch out your hand;
Holding a quadruped, stretch out your hand!
Till high o'er the hills of the east
_Anpetuwee_ walked on his journey,
In secret they danced at the feast,
and communed with the mighty _Unktehee_.
Then opened the door of the _tee_
to the eyes of the wondering Dakotas,
And the sons of _Unktehee_ to be,
were endowed with the sacred _Ozuha_[82]
By the son of tall Wazi-kute, Tamdoka,
the chief of the Magi.
And thus since the birth-day of man--
since he sprang from the heart of the mountains,[69]
Has the sacred "_Wacepee Wakan_"
by the warlike Dakotas been honored,
And the god-favored sons of the clan
work their will with the help of the spirits.
WINONA'S WARNING.
'Twas sunrise; the spirits of mist
trailed their white robes on dewy savannas,
And the flowers raised their heads to be kissed
by the first golden beams of the morning.
The breeze was abroad with the breath
of the rose of the Isles of the Summer,
And the humming-bird hummed on the heath
from his home in the land of the rainbow.
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