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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
e. I know my daughter will be restored to me, she once said, as she clipped a lock of hair as a memorial; by this lock of hair I shall discover her, for I shall take it with me,—alluding to Chap. XXII.} the day when she, too, with her carrying-belt and paddle, and the little relic of her child, should pass through the grave to the dwelling-place of her ancestors. It was believed, even, that living men had visited the remote region where the shadows have their home; and that once, like Orpheus of old, a brother, wander- Brebeuf. ing in search of a cherished sister, but for untimely curiosity, would have drawn her from the society of the dead, and restored her to the cabin of her fathers. In the flashes of the northern lights, men believed they saw the dance of the dead. But the south-west is the Tanner, 322. great subject of traditions. There is the court of the Great God; there is the paradise where beans and maize grow spontaneously; there are the shades of R. Williams, 2