Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . -rents and brothers of Winona were of the party, andshe also was with them. On the day of their visit tothe lake, her brothers made presents to the warrior,and encouraged by this he again addressed her, andwas again rejected. Her father, who was not accus-tomed to be contradicted, became more and moreangry, and declared that the marriage should takeplace that very day. You leave me no hope,
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . -rents and brothers of Winona were of the party, andshe also was with them. On the day of their visit tothe lake, her brothers made presents to the warrior,and encouraged by this he again addressed her, andwas again rejected. Her father, who was not accus-tomed to be contradicted, became more and moreangry, and declared that the marriage should takeplace that very day. You leave me no hope, said Winona; I toldyou I did not love him, and I would not live withhim. I wished to remain unmarried since you havedriven the hunter away from me, but you would notpermit it. Is this the love you have for me ! Yes,you have driven him that loves me away from ourvillage, and now he wanders alone in the forest; hehas no one to build his lodge, no one to spread hisblanket, and wait on him when he returns home,weary and hungry from the chase. But even this isnot enough; you would have me rejoice when he isfar away, and unite myself with another. Casting amelancholy look on her father and mother, as she. THE maidens rock. 61 finished these words, she slowly withdrew herself fromthe assembly. Preparations for the marriage feast were still goingon, when Winona silently wound her way up to thetop of the cliff; and having gained the summit of therock, from the very verge of the precipice she calledout to her friends below. A light breeze bore hervoice along the surface of the water, and her parentsheard her last words : Farewell! you were cruel tome and my lover; you dared to threaten me, but youdid not know me. Look now whether you can forceme to marry one whom I do not love. Her distracted brothers ran towards the top of thecliff in order to prevent her design; while manyhastened to the foot of the rock in hopes of receivingher in their arms. Her aged parents, with tears intheir eyes,
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