 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1880 - 524 pages
...in the mine, The axe-stroke in the dell, The clamour from the Indian lodge, The Jesuit chapel bell ! I see the swarthy trappers come From Mississippi's...canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are stalked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 242 pages
...lodge, The Jesuit chapel bell. And war-chiefs with their painted brows, And crests of eagle-wings. Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe The steamer...lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 pages
...lodge, The Jesuit chapel bell. And war-chiefs with their painted brows, And crests of eagle-wings. Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe The steamer...lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 616 pages
...Pictured Rocks, •With eager eyes of gain. The clamor from the Indian lodge, The Jesuit chapel bell! I see the swarthy trappers come From Mississippi's...lots are staked for sale « Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - 1882 - 390 pages
...by the wayside. Very appropriately in this connection may be quoted the words of the poet Whittier : Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe The steamer...smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Ahove old Indian graves. The first case of death from delirium tremens in Omaha was that of old Mr.... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - 1884 - 622 pages
...the growth of western cities seems particularly applicable to Omaha : — " Behind the squaw's light birch canoe The steamer smokes and raves, And city...lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves." The first Legislature of Nebraska convened in Omaha in the winter of 1854-5; and in 1856 the Capital... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...come From Mississippi's springs ; And war-chiefs with their painted brows, And crests of eagle-wings. Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe The steamer smokes and raves; And city lots are staked5 for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first... | |
 | Herbert S. Fairall - 1885 - 450 pages
...the civilization and advancement of the continent: Behind the Indian's bark canoe the steamer rocks and raves, And city lots are staked for sale above old Indian graves. I hear the march of pioneers of nations yet to be, The first low wash of waves where soon'shall roll... | |
 | 1886 - 746 pages
...from the Indian lodge. The Jesuit's chapel bell. I see the swarthy trappers come From Mississippl's springs; And war-chiefs with their painted brows,...And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian gravea. By forest, lake and water-fall, I see the peddler's show; The mighty mingiing with the mean,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 pages
...swarthy trappers come From Mississippi's springs ; The war-chiefs with their painted bows, And crest of eagle wings. Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe,...sale Above old Indian graves. By forest, lake, and waterfall, I see the pedlar's show — The mighty mingling with the mean, The lofty with the low. I... | |
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Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe, The steamer smokes and raves ; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves. I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. 
