Tecumseh; or, The warrior of the West: a poem, with notes. By an English officer [J. Richardson].1828 |
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Page 113 - That in ancient times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bickbone-licks, and began a universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals, which had been created for the use of the Indians; that the
Page 113 - universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals, which had been created for the use of the Indians; that the
Page 114 - During the latter part of his life, Tecumseh was generally distinguished by a large plume of ostrich feathers, the whiteness of which, contrasted with the darkness of his complexion, and the brilliancy of his black and piercing eye, gave a singularly wild and terrific expression to his features; — it was evident that he could be terrible.
Page 132 - him with his tomahawk, when his adversary drew a pistol from his belt and shot him.
Page 104 - Forth from the copse a hundred foemen spring, And pounce like vultures on the bleeding clay; Like famish'd blood-hounds to the corse they cling, And bear the fallen hero's spoils away: The very covering from his nerves they wring,
Page vii - Many of the notes to Tecumseh betray its Author to be that also of the " Canadian Campaign," several passages in both being written nearly in the same words. The fact is, that the Poem was composed five years ago, and before he had thought of compiling the latter narrative.
Page 36 - cruel, while his blade Alone leaps thirsting for some victim's blood ; He hunts the peaceful Indian from his glade, To seek for shelter in the pathless wood; Then talks of direst treason, when, dismay'd, He hears the war-cry where their homes once stood, Nor fails the wily hunter to abhor, Who differs from him but in forms of
Page 32 - Nor more inactive they who ply the ball, And range them equal in a twofold file ; Each ear attentive to the leader's call, As when, the instrument of death-fraught guile, It caus'd an unsuspecting fortress' fall, And mingled murder with the hellish smile Of still more hellish fiends, who frantic tore Each quivering limb, and quaff'd the reeking gore.
Page 104 - And gash his form, and glut them o'er their prey — Wild hell-fiends all, and revelling at his death, With bursting shrieks and pestilential breath.
Page 130 - weapons with them as they are with the Indians ; while in the management of the rifle, their almost exclusive arm, they are equally dexterous with the hunter they have so successfully and unrelentingly driven from the home of his forefathers.
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| Title | Tecumseh; or, The warrior of the West: a poem, with notes. By an English officer [J. Richardson]. |
| Author | John Richardson |
| Published | 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2006 |
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