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Subject: SQUAWS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DAKOTA IDYL, by FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dawn, gray, purple, gold!
Last Line: With the treasure of her heart.
Subject(s): Farewell; Hearts; Love; Native Americans - Women; South Dakota; Parting; Squaws


APACHE - WIFE - ARIZONA, by LILIAN WHITE SPENCER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In scarlet caps of sunset, swarthy hills
Last Line: Now . . . Has she love or hatred for carlisle?
Subject(s): Native Americans - Women; Squaws


OJISTOH, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am ojistoh, I am she, the wife
Last Line: ^1^ god, in the mohawk language.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake
Subject(s): Duplicity; Hate; Marriage; Native Americans - Women; Deceit; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Squaws


OLD MATTIE, by LAURA BULMER    Poem Text                    
First Line: She comes and sits beside my door
Last Line: We smile and wish each other well.
Subject(s): Native Americans - Women; Squaws


SQUAW, by JOHN CHIPMAN FARRAR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who am I? A hated thing, a squaw
Last Line: For who am I? A hated thing, a squaw.
Subject(s): Native Americans - Women; Squaws


THE INDIAN GIRL'S LAMENT, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An indian girl was sitting where
Last Line: The rustling of my footsteps near.
Subject(s): Native Americans - Women; Grief; Squaws; Sorrow; Sadness


THE SQUAW'S LAMENT, by JOHN EDWARD LOGAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: A blood-red ring hung round the moon
Last Line: I hear the loon cry every night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dane, Barry
Variant Title(s): The Indian Maid's Lament
Subject(s): Absence; Lament; Native Americans - Women; Separation; Isolation; Squaws