VOCABULARY. Adjidau/mo, the red squirrel. Ahdeek!, the reindeer. Ahkose/win, fever. Ahmeek!, the beaver. Algonquin, Ojibway. Annemee/kee, the thunder. Apuk/wa, a bulrush. Baim-walwa, the sound of the thunder. Bemah/gut, the grape-vine. Inin/ewug, men, or pawns in the Kwa/sind, the Strong Man. Kwo-nel-she, or Dush-kwo-nel. she, the dragon-fly. Mahnahbe/zee, the swan. Mahng, the loon. Mahn-go-tay/see, loon-hearted, brave. Mahnomo/nee, wild rice. Feather, a magician, and the mittens. Minneha/ha, Laughing Water; a water-fall on a stream running into the Mississippi, between Fort Snelling and the Falls of St. Anthony. Pelboan, Winter. Pemi/can, meat of the deer or Pugasaing!, Game of the Bowl. Ugudwash', the sun-fish. Wah-wah-tay/see, the fire-fly. I. MILES STANDISH. In the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the Pilgrims, To and fro in a room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain. Buried in thought he seemed, with his hands behind him, and pausing Ever and anon to behold his glittering weapons of warfare, Hanging in shining array along the walls of the chamber, Cutlass and corslet of steel, and his trusty sword of Damascus, Curved at the point and inscribed with its mystical Arabic sentence, While underneath, in a corner, were fowling-piece, musket, and matchlock. Short of stature he was, but strongly built and athletic, Broad in the shoulders, deep-chested, with muscles and sinews of iron; Brown as a nut was his face, but his russet beard was already Flaked with patches of snow, as hedges sometimes in November. Near him was seated John Alden, his friend, and household companion, Writing with diligent speed at a table of pine by the window; |