History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . e moreadventurous even dressed as the aborigines did,and took part in the dances. Well might aLongfellow sing: Sliould j-ou ask where NawadahaFound these dances wild and these legends and traditions,I should answer, I should tell you,In the birds nests of the forest,In the lodges of the beaver,In the hoof-prints of the bison,In the eyry of the eagle! All the wild-fowl sang them to the morelands and the fen-lands,In the melancholy marshes! —Adapted from The Song of Hiazcatlia. The Hurons were far-famed as orato

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History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . e moreadventurous even dressed as the aborigines did,and took part in the dances. Well might aLongfellow sing: Sliould j-ou ask where NawadahaFound these dances wild and these legends and traditions,I should answer, I should tell you,In the birds nests of the forest,In the lodges of the beaver,In the hoof-prints of the bison,In the eyry of the eagle! All the wild-fowl sang them to the morelands and the fen-lands,In the melancholy marshes! —Adapted from The Song of Hiazcatlia. The Hurons were far-famed as orators, andthe early settlers often listened for hours toChief O-ge-ma-ke-ga-to and other great men ofthe tribes wandering about these parts recite thegreat deeds of their great warriors. They wouldtell of hunting with Tecumseh, and the old menof the tribe would grow eloquent in speakingof Pontiac, whom they had seen in all hissplendor as a leader and orator. Their tradi-tions tell us of his visit to the wigwams on theSaginaw, where he met in council the chiefs.

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