1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . food, for mastery, and to fish in The still waters. When Innitou herself Lay flashing bright, in all her pristine charms. Surrounded by the same eternal hills, That now, like vassals tall of some great queen. Stand waiting, guarding her lovely presence. The Legend comes, to tell how Manitou Did Wabisi create. An island gem Set in the bosom of s^veet Innitou, Herself the Looking-Glass of Manitou, The Looking Place of squaws and modern belles, Itself, the beaut
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . food, for mastery, and to fish in The still waters. When Innitou herself Lay flashing bright, in all her pristine charms. Surrounded by the same eternal hills, That now, like vassals tall of some great queen. Stand waiting, guarding her lovely presence. The Legend comes, to tell how Manitou Did Wabisi create. An island gem Set in the bosom of s^veet Innitou, Herself the Looking-Glass of Manitou, The Looking Place of squaws and modern belles, Itself, the beauty that adorns her face ; And how it happened, thus the story runs. ^N times now long past, and buried inthe tomb of the ages, I^ake Innitou(Horn Pond) was a clear, unbrokensheet of water from Town Corner toPierces Cove. No island rose aboveno shallows touched the paddle ; butthe wild swan, the loon and the white canoe of theIndian skimmed its surface without obstruction, saveonly the waves, which, in the day of storms,agitated its bosom. The one thing necessary to com-plete its beauty lay hidden in the mists of the its silver waves 64 The Aborigines believed in a multitude of spirits,to whom, through their Medicine Men, they offeredsacrifices; and fetich worship was common. Theyrecognized a Great Spirit, it is true, but then everymountain and hill had its lesser Gods, every startlingnatural phenomenon its ruling spirit, some good, somebad, all of which were powerful, and had to be ap-peased, while every sight and sound in nature was ofgood or evil omen, according to its cheerful or mourn-ful aspect. The flights of birds were mostly amongthe good signs. The jump of a fish pleased theireyes, the songs of the feathered warblers, their ears ;but the owls were birds of evil repute, their hootingsbeing heard with forebodings; the howl of the wolfon the hills presaged mischief; while the MedicineMen performed their savage rites to forward thegood or to avert disaster.
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