Niagara Falls 



1884 And, o'er each precipice in grandeur hurled, 



The endless torrents gave mankind a grave. 

 God's voice is mighty, on the water loud, 

 Here, as of old, in thunder, glory, cloud ! 



1884 OwAHYAH. Birch bark legends of Niagara, founded on traditions 

 Owahyah among the Iroquois, or Six nations: a story of the lunar-bow, which 



brilliantly adorns Niagara Falls by moonlight; or Origin of the totem of 

 the wolf. St. Cath., Ont.: Jour. Printing Co. 1884. 



Another version of the story of the sacrifice to Manitou at the Falls. 

 This is a thrilling tale of love, revenge, and divine interposition, ending, 

 finally, in the marriage of the hero and heroine and the death of the villain. 



1835 



1885 Gilbert, Howard Worcester. Niagara. (In his Aldornere 

 Gilbert and two other Pennsylvania idylls. . . . Bost. : Index Ass'n. 1885. 



Pp. 87-88.) 



A description of Niagara in the morning, — the mists, the rainbow, the 

 play of colors, and the avalanche of water falling into the abyss. 



1885 . Goat Island, Niagara. (In Rhine, Alice Hyne- 



man, Niagara park illustrated. . . . N. Y. : Niagara Pub. Co. 

 1885. c. P. 77.) 



Nature here in royal mood 

 Built herself a pleasaunce wood; 

 Built it on a frowning scaur 

 High as mountain summits are, 

 And around it made to flow 

 Seas that fall in deeps below. 



Near where waters fiercest sweep, 

 Bade she blue-ey'd gentians creep; 

 Ferns spring up from mossy beds, 

 Snow-white daisies lift their heads, 

 Briar rose and golden rod 

 Set she thick in grassy sod. 



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