The Legends of the Iroquois, Told By "the Cornplanter"
The Legends of the Iroquois, Told By "the Cornplanter"
William Walker Canfield
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With the sharp-edged stones he cut the hard earth, and with torn and bleeding hands he hurled the rough soil [95] THE LEGENDS OF THE IROQUOIS from the excavation. Like a very god incarnate the dauntless spirit toiled — never resting, never tiring, never stopping except at long intervals, when he bent his ear to the earth. Each time he heard the voices, swelling louder and louder, and repeat- ing over and over again the promise that lent him an energy that could have torn the earth asunder had i...t revised to yield its life-giving treasure for the light of his wigwam. When the smiling face of the Great Spirit had reached the middle of its trail and turned once more to the door of his great lodge, the tireless Neku- monta leaped to the edge of the excavation with renewed shouts of joy and triumph, and the woods resounded with the laughter and songs proclaiming that the imprisoning barrier had been broken open. The sparkling, healing waters heard the welcome voices in the woods, and rising from their dark prison filled all the place the toiler had torn open in the earth, and then ran merrily down the valley in the sunlight.
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