cinders
Made for her a lonely grave.
But with springtime came the verdure,
And the kindly grasses waved;
Peeping up came gorgeous blossoms,
Never seen on earth before,
Shaped and colored like the moccasins
That the Indian maiden wore.

Some there were of heavenly coloring,
Such as clouds at sunset wear,
White and rosy; they were emblems
Of the new ones waiting where
In the spirit land she wanders
With her father strong and brave;
And the mother, when she saw them,
Knew they marked her daughter's grave.

IDA SEXTON SEARLS.

THE END.

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NOTES.

WINONA.

[Footnote 1: The name given by the Dakotas to the first-born, if a
female.]

[Footnote 2: Tipi, skin tent.]

[Footnote 3: An edible root found on the prairies.]

[Footnote 4: The Crow Indians, hereditary foes of the Dakotas, call
themselves Absaraka, which means crow in their language.]

[Footnote 5: Each Indian guest at a banquet carries with him his own
wooden bowl and spoon.]

[Footnote 6: Many Indians believe in the transmigration of souls, and
some of them profess to remember previous states of existence.]

[Footnote 7: A renowned chief, formerly living on Lake Pepin.]

[Footnote 8: A supernatural monster inhabiting the larger rivers and
lakes, and hereditary foe of the Thunder Bird.]

[Footnote 9: The Falls of St. Anthony.]

[Footnote 10: The name given to a first-born, if a male. Upon becoming
a warrior or performing some feat of arms, the youth is permitted to
select another name.]

[Footnote 11: Hereditary foe of the Dakotas.]

[Footnote 12: The Dakotas formerly disposed of their dead by fastening
them to the branches of trees or to rude platforms. This is still
practiced to some extent.]

[Footnote 13: The Indians paint and adorn a body before sepulture.]

HIAWATHA.

[Footnote 14: "On the mountains of the prairie." (Mt. Catlin, etc.)
Located near the boundary between Minnesota and Dakota, near the head
waters of the Mississippi.]

[Footnote 15: This quarry, located near the hills or mountains, was
very famous among the Indians, who by common consent had made the
adjacent territory neutral ground. Here they came and provided
themselves with pipes, very necessary to the Indian's happiness. To
apply the stone to any other use than that of pipe-making would have
been sacrilege in the native's mind. From similarity in color, they
even fancied it t