Lone Indian (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "There came a lone Indian once more to stray O'er the earth where the bands of his ancestors lay... To see where his father in battle was slain." He remembers his people's history, and how they were abused. He cries for the fate of his people
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) home exile death father battle
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 235, "The Lone Indian" (1 text)
Roud #11708
NOTES [16 words]: A surprisingly fair assessment of what the Europeans did to the First Nations of North America! - RBW
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File: SHoe235

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