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Subject: LEGENDS, NATIVE AMERICAN
Matches Found: 9

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN INDIAN LEGEND, by CLARE PERCY WESTPHAL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Gauze-winged
Last Line: To be born.
Subject(s): Legends, Native American


DOG WHO WALKED WITH GOD, by MICHAEL J. ROSEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Water, they say, was everywhere
Last Line: Everything grown %and still growing
Subject(s): California; Creation; Kato Indians; Legends, Native American; Native Americans


INDIAN LEGEND, by VIRGINIA CONNETT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh, warrior-brave, whence do you come
Last Line: "and sends his message, blown in the wind."
Subject(s): Legends, Native American


NA-TAS-KA; A LEGEND OF LAKE MOHONK, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where shawangunk's rampart meets the skies
Last Line: The waves will speak natas'ka's name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Lake Mohonk, New York; Legends, Native American


RAVEN/MOON, by ANITA ENDREZZE-DANIELSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In first people's sky there is no moon
Last Line: Raven listens, whistling in stunted trees
Subject(s): Family Life; History; Legends, Native American


THE FIRE-MAIDEN AND THE SNOW-PEAKS; AN INDIAN LEGEND OF THE COLUMBIA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Loowit, the beautiful maiden
Last Line: Rolls proudly at their side.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Columbia River (north America); Fire; Legends, Native American; Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America


THE LEGEND OF ESPIRITU SANTO, by ISLEA SHRIVER ELLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Many years ago the spaniard came from far across the ocean
Last Line: Sing a song of joy and gladness in the sunshine of the southland.
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Legends, Native American; Youth


THE SONG OF THE COLORADO RIVER, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: To my own again in the salton sea
Last Line: For the indian sagas are written in fire.
Subject(s): Colorado (river); Happiness; Legends, Native American; Joy; Delight


THE SPIRIT MOUNTAIN, by JESSIE M. GILMORE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The shadow of mount harney, when the twilight fell
Last Line: May speak in unknown tongues to unknown races.
Subject(s): Legends, Native American