THE COMPLAINT OF A FORSAKEN INDIAN WOMAN
nge something did I see;
--As if rove to be a man,
t pull the sledge for me.
And tretched his arms, how wild!
Otle child.
My little joy! my little pride!
In t have died.
t weep and grieve for me;
I feel I must hee.
O oer my ?ying,
their course did bend,
I s feel the pain of dying,
Could I hee a message send.
too soon, my friends, you away;
For I o say.
Ill follohe snow,
You travel heavily and slow:
In spite of all my weary pain,
Ill look upon your tents again.
My ?re is dead, and snowy we
ter ood;
to me to-night,
And olen away my food.
For ever left alone am I,
to die?
My journey will be sly run,
I s see another sun,
I cannot lift my limbs to know
If they have any life or no.
My poor forsaken child! if I
For once could o me,
it I then would die,
And my last ts would happy be,
I feel my body die away,
I s see another day.