airy curtain lifted, and the

:

shadows rolling back,

Shadows of the years that hover o'er the lake of Mahopac Showed me Indian warriors gathered in the wooded island dell,

**********

Which the rocks, all worn and moss-clad, and the waters guarded well.

Then upon the ledge above them, rose an aged, yet stalwart form, Like some monarch of the f jrest, bending never to the storm,

Rose the CHIEFTAIN OF THE ISLAND, with that bearing of a king,

Which the pride of birth may strive for, but the SOUL alone can bring. Turned his eagle gaze upon them, and with voice as clarion cleaf^

Waked the dreamers, and the waiting, wearied MAIDEN sleeping near "

Rouse, Mahicans

!

I have seen you in the battle

" I have seen

:

sons of heroes ! keep your ancient honor bright !

ye were lions in the fight.

you in the council, when the watch-fire lit the glen, ye were all undaunted then;

And the clouds of war hung o'er us

When the faggots blazed around you, all defiant in your pain;

have heard you chant your death-song

chieftains, NOW be men again !

APPENDIX. "

Snake or traitor hissed that whisper

' :

Sell your forests, there

is

rest

On the banks of the Mississippi, on the prairies of the west.'

Who the craven counsel uttered " When the

Let him in the fire-light stand

?

Crouching coward

Nay, he dares not.

!

pale-face, rushing on thee, grasps thy hatchet and thy