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friends below; she upbraided them for their cruelty to 

 herself and her lover. " You," said she, " were not satisfied 

 with opposing my union with the man whom I had chosen, 

 you endeavoured by deceitful words to make me faithless 

 to him, but when you found me resolved upon remaining 

 single, you dared to threaten me ; you knew me not if you 

 thought that I could be terrified into obedience ; you shall 

 soon see how well I can defeat your designs." She then 

 commenced to sing her dirge ; the light wind which 

 blew at the time, wafted the words towards the spot where 

 her friends were; they immediately rushed, some to- 

 wards the summit of the hill to stop her, others to the 

 foot of the precipice to receive her in their arms, while 

 all, with tears in their eyes, entreated her to desist from 

 her fatal purpose ; her father promised that no compulsive 

 measures should be resorted to. But she was resolved, and 

 as she concluded the words of her song, she threw her- 

 self from the precipice, and fell, a lifeless corpse, near her 

 distressed friends. Thus," added our guide, " has this spot 

 acquired a melancholy celebrity ; it is still called the Mai- 

 den's rock, and no Indian passes near it, without involun- 

 tarily casting his eye towards the giddy height, to contem- 

 plate the place, whence this unfortunate girl fell a victim 

 to the cruelty of her relentless parents." 



In the annals of civilized life, the sad tale of Winona's 

 adventures has been but too often realized ; and the evi- 

 dences of the powerful influence of feeling over women 

 are too well known to produce any sensation of surprise 

 at their recurrence. But it is seldom that the wild 

 inhabitant of the forest is admitted to possess the same 

 depth of feeling. Judging of both sexes from the in- 

 stances which have been related of the apathy, assumed 

 or real, of the Indian warrior, too many are induced to be- 



