Jamestown tributes and toasts . THE RED MAN Keeper of the ContinentTil the coming of the Race for which it was destined. A Picturesque FigureGradually vanishing from the Scene of former Supremacy, andRetreating westward before the encroachments of civilization. High Above the Old-World SavageIn pride and prowess, in courage and dignity of character. Child of Nature,Deep-tinged with poetry, and harboring in his soul theRudiments of Religious belief and aspiration. The Race of HiawathaAnd Laughing Water; of our own dear to the Red Man:In life, all the blessings of our great Country
Jamestown tributes and toasts . THE RED MAN Keeper of the ContinentTil the coming of the Race for which it was destined. A Picturesque FigureGradually vanishing from the Scene of former Supremacy, andRetreating westward before the encroachments of civilization. High Above the Old-World SavageIn pride and prowess, in courage and dignity of character. Child of Nature,Deep-tinged with poetry, and harboring in his soul theRudiments of Religious belief and aspiration. The Race of HiawathaAnd Laughing Water; of our own dear to the Red Man:In life, all the blessings of our great Country!In death, the joys of The Happy Hunting GboundsOf his fathers! Julia Wyatt , Virginia. 33. JAMESTOWN 1607-1907 Behold a ship, whose faithful sail measured the ocean near this historic spot her solemn anchor cast. What then?Forest and stream, wigwam-huts, and theRed mans sovereign step in this New World. Three cycles pass—Behold once more! A host by land and sea,To celebrate the settlement! All Praise! So let it be! Lone town, And scenes adjacent. Pale face home, how strange the history! PooB Indian! Anna L. Raiowlph , West Virginia. 34 TO POCAHONTAS Child of the forest, though daughter of an emperor, scionof a savage race, yet mother of a sterling Christian stock, theredolence of thy loyal womanliood hath lingered wellnighthrough three centuries, and ever will refresh the page ofhistory. Though English royalty claimed thee as its favorite and aBriton took thee from the wilderness as his wife, Thou Abt Vibginias Peouuab Heeitaqeand her lasting pride. Thy mortal remains long since have mingled with the dustof Albion, far, far away from the leafy haun
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