d,
and a cloud of my hunters will follow.
When the cold winds of winter return
and toss the white robes of the prairies,
The fire of the White Chief will burn
in his lodge at the Meeting-of-Waters;[AL]
And when from the Sunrise again
comes the chief of the sons of the Morning,
Many moons will his hunters remain
in the land of the friendly Dakotas.
The son of Chief Wazi-Kute guides
the White Chief afar on his journey;
Nor long on the _Tanka Mede_[AM]--
on the breast of the blue, bounding billows--
Shall the bark of the Frenchman delay,
but his pathway shall kindle behind him."

[AL] Mendota--properly Mdo-te--meaning the out-let of a lake or river
into another, commonly applied to the region about Fort Snelling.

[AM] _Tanka-Mede_--Great Lake, i.e. Lake Superior. The Dakotas seem to
have had no other name for it. They generally referred to it as
_Mini-ya-ta--There at the water_.

She was pale, and her hurried voice
swelled with alarm as she questioned replying--
"Tamdoka thy guide?--I beheld
thy death in his face at the races.
He covers his heart with a smile,
but revenge never sleeps in his bosom;
His tongue--it is soft to beguile;
but beware of the pur of the panther!
For death, like a shadow, will walk
by thy side in the midst of the forest,
Or follow thy path like a hawk
on the trail of a wounded _Mastinca_.[AN]
A son of _Unktehee_ is he,--
the Chief of the crafty magicians;
They have plotted thy death;
I can see thy trail--it is red in the forest;
Beware of Tamdoka,--beware.
Slumber not like the grouse of the woodlands,
With head under wing, for the glare
of the eyes that sleep not are upon thee."

[AN] The rabbit. The Dakotas called the Crees "Mastincapi"--Rabbits.

"Winona, fear not," said DuLuth,
"for I carry the fire of _Wakinyan_[AO]
And strong is the arm of my youth,
and stout are the hearts of my warriors;
But Winona has spoken the truth,
and the heart of the White Chief is thankful.
Hide this in thy bosom, dear maid,--
'tis the crucified Christ of the white men.[AP]
Lift thy voice to his spirit in need,
and his spirit will hear thee and answer;
For often he comes to my aid;
he is stronger than all the Dakotas;
And the Spirits of evil, afraid,