THE IRIS: An Illuminated Souvenir, FOR MDCCCLII.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PROEM.

THE LANDING OF WILLIAM PENN.

DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS.

WE-HAR-KA, OR, THE RIVAL CLANS.

THE LAUGHING WATERS.

O-KO-PEE. A MIGHTY HUNTER OF THE SIOUX.

CHEQUERED CLOUD.

FIRE-FACE.

DEATH-SONG OF AN INDIAN PRISONER, FOR A LONG TIME CONFINED AT FORT SNELLING.

THE FALSE ALARM.

INDIAN COURTSHIP.

THE SACRIFICE.

A LULLABY.

SOUNDING WIND; OR, THE CHIPPEWAY BRAVE.

AN INDIAN BALLAD.

OLD JOHN. THE MEDICINE-MAN.

A REMONSTRANCE.

A FINE ART DISREGARDED.

THE MISSION CHURCH OF SAN JOSÉ.19

HAWKING.

HILLSIDE COTTAGE.

SUNSET ON THE RIVER DELAWARE. A SONNET, TO "SIBYL."

FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.

CASTLE-BUILDING.

THE LOVER'S LEAP: OR, WENONA'S ROCK.

THE INDIAN MOTHER, AND THE SONG OF THE WIND.

THE WOOD SPIRITS AND THE MAIDEN.

ALICE HILL.

DR. VANDORSEN AND THE YOUNG WIDOW.

A CENOTAPH. AUGUST, 1776.

THE DREAMER.

WHITE MOON AND FIERY MAN. A LEGEND OF THE FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY.

THE RAIN-DROP.

A PLEA FOR A CHOICE PICTURE. TO A GENTLEMAN WHO UNDERVALUED IT.

LOST AND WON.

THE MISTRUSTED GUIDE. A WESTERN SKETCH.

A NIGHT IN NAZARETH.

TEARS.

INCONSTANCY.

CROSSING THE TIDE.

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